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Pouce Coupe

Elementary

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Working Together

to Accomplish

One

Goal

To Conserve Electricity, Encourage

Others to Leave A Smaller Ecological

Footprint on the the World

and Think Green

THE GOAL:

To Reduce our School’s energy consumption by 5% from February 1st, 2012 to March 9th,

2012

McLeod Elementary School and Pouce Coupe Elementary School have challenged each other to see which school can save the most energy

Points are awarded each day for energy saved and are tallied at the end of each week.

The School that earns the most points by March 9th, 2012 will WIN the energy contest and a tasty treat!

The Points System:

Classroom Lighting3 Points – Every 30 minutes ALL lights are off

2 Points – Every 30 minutes 2/3 of lights are off1 Point - Every 30 minutes 1/3 lights are off

Appliances (School Wide) Students measured the Watts all appliances use.

Then they planned which appliances to unplug or put into sleep mode to save the most energy. Turning down the furnace and other school wide electricity consumption activities are also awarded this way.

For every 500 Watts saved 3 points are

rewarded.

THE MOLE- Awards extra points for lights out in common areas (gym, hallway, bathrooms, staff room, etc…), signage and posters, extra energy initiatives and computers in sleep mode -Secretly checks in on each school 3-4 times during the challenge

Keeping Track of Points

Pouce Coupe

McLeod

How Pouce Coupe Elementary is SAVING:

Week 1 – classroom light checks, in school promotionWeek 2 – classroom lights, in school promotion, newspaper and community promotion with windows, measuring and calculating energy saving with appliancesWeek 3 - classroom lights, in school promotion, newspaper and community promotion with windows, measuring and calculating energy saving with appliances, sweater day- turn furnace down, calculating savings from putting computers to sleep

How McLeod Elementary is SAVING-Turning off classroom lights when its bright out-Unplugging appliances when they are not being used-Not using appliances that use a lot of energy-Using electronics less (computers, photocopiers, printers, etc…)-Contest challenging students to save electricity at home- ENERGY SMART Prizes-Creating posters in school to promote the contest and remind our school to save energy- Putting computers in sleep mode when they are not being used -Turning off/unplugging printers that are not used often - Putting the photocopier in energy saving mode when its not being used-Created an energy song “We Will Save Energy!” (to tune of” We Will Rock You!”)- Creating posters for display at our School District’s Board Meeting - Creating posters and letters to send to schools in the district and the school board office to promote our challenge- Creating signs and posters to encourage people in the community to save energy

WHY are we so concerned about conserving electricity?

- We want to preserve the Earth for future generations of kids

- We want to help our schools save money

- We want to encourage other schools in the school district to save energy and save money

- We don’t want to run out of natural resources – once they’re used up, they’re all gone

- We want to reduce the impact of climate change

- We want to reduce pollution

- We want to help animals keep their habitats

- We want to win a treat as the winners of the contest

Decreasing our

Ecological Footprint

One School at a Time