2017 Five Star Journal Winter Issue
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FIVE STAR | FIVE FACTS<br />
Sustainability Team<br />
District takes steps to “go green”<br />
The energy & sustainability team manages utility use and promotes social, economic<br />
and environmental sustainability for the district. The team is currently working on a<br />
strategy to achieve a district goal of zero-waste and zero-net-energy. Here’s a look at<br />
our progress.<br />
25,502,000<br />
GALLONS OF WATER SAVED<br />
during <strong>2017</strong> watering season<br />
1 of 5<br />
school districts in the nation to earn the<br />
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUSTAINABILITY<br />
SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH THE USGBC<br />
CENTER FOR GREEN SCHOOLS<br />
ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT<br />
IN THE NATION<br />
to have completed the<br />
Collaborative for High<br />
Performing Schools<br />
Operations Report Card<br />
for the entire district<br />
29<br />
SCHOOL-BASED<br />
GREEN TEAMS<br />
around the district<br />
DISTRICT UTILITIES COSTS HAVE NOT FLUCTUATED<br />
MORE THAN 4% OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS<br />
even with an 11% increase in energy rates, a 24 % increase in water rates<br />
and a nearly 30% increase in waste rates over that same period<br />
<strong>Five</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Journal</strong>, <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | 21
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