Energy is an enormous cost for US schools, which spend an estimated $8 billion per year in energy alone. Since EmPowered Schools started in 1996, we have partnered with over 1,000 schools to save more than 50,000 Megawatt Hours of electricity and 6 million dollars.
Using the school as a real-world learning laboratory, students engage in STEM-based lessons with hands-on applications that turn their knowledge into power. Program content focuses on energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy. With EmPowered Schools, PK-12th grade students become ambassadors for energy conservation in their schools, homes, and communities.
Everyone Benefits with EmPowered Schools
- Students benefit from hands-on, real-world lessons and leadership opportunities, as well as exposure to green careers
- Schools benefit from cost savings, curriculum support, and community involvement
- Communities benefit from more affordable energy and the partnerships established among key stakeholders.
- The environment benefits from lower levels of CO2 emissions
About the Alliance to Save Energy
The EmPowered Schools program is an educational component of a larger nonprofit, the Alliance to Save Energy, which began in 1977 as a response to the OPEC oil crisis-- a critical period in our nation's energy history. Decades later the Alliance continues the mission to create an energy-efficient world. The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security. For more information about the Alliance click here!
The EmPowered Schools program is an educational component of a larger nonprofit, the Alliance to Save Energy, which began in 1977 as a response to the OPEC oil crisis-- a critical period in our nation's energy history. Decades later the Alliance continues the mission to create an energy-efficient world. The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security. For more information about the Alliance click here!
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