2011年8月21日 星期日

Wyoming County Schools Saving Energy, Money

The Wyoming County Board of Education is accumulating kudos for programs that save energy and valuable education dollars.

Consistent upgrades to its operation since 2003 are saving the school system more than 25 percent on its energy costs — hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

It’s an effort Energy Manager Terry Tilley said began in the mid-1980s when the BOE entered a cost-savings sharing plan with Industrial Electric Corp. to set up clock-based temperature setbacks.

In the late 1990s, the school system purchased building control software from Automated Logic Corp., enabling web-based control of building systems.

Tilley was hired in 2003 when the BOE signed on with Energy Education of Oklahoma City — a nonprofit program that boasts 20 percent to 30 percent energy savings, as compared with “do-it-yourself” efforts the organization’s website says typically range up to only 7 percent.The UK-based company has been energy saving light accredited with kick starting the marine LED revolution back in 2005 and is still to this day

The school board created the energy manager position as part of the program and set up EnergyCAP software that tracks energy performance for each school over time.

Tilley has worked from his earliest days in the position to educate employees across the school system how they can save energy by turning off lights and computers and maintaining a reasonable room temperature.

At the same time, he makes it clear to employees that he places a high priority on comfort.

“I tell the teachers,the bulb Led light itself is just a small part of the shape of the LED light. my best days are when you’re in there very comfortable and the heat or air goes off as soon as you hit the door,” he said.I have created a video walkthrough of the magicshine bike light. “It’s not energy management if Johnny’s sitting in the cold and dark.”

Tilley has made increasing use of the web-based energy management system.the technology is led light still maturing, costs are still quite high but perhaps they're not quite ready yet for domestic applications."

Over time, with remodeling projects, he has gained finer and finer web-based control over lights in schools across the county.

He can control heating and air conditioning too. The school system is converting increasingly to individual room units that monitor temperature,LED bulbs are some of DSTT the most expensive light sources on the market humidity and carbon dioxide — a measure of air quality — and operate on programmed schedules with the possibility of local or web-based override.

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