FILE:  EBD

 

ENERGY CONSERVATION

 

 

The Vernon Parish School Board embraces energy conservation and believes it to be the School Board’s responsibility to ensure that every reasonable effort is made to conserve energy and natural resources while exercising sound financial management.

 

The School Board recognizes the importance of adopting an energy conservation program.  The School Board has engaged Cenergistic to use its expertise to develop and implement a comprehensive, behavior-based energy conservation program across the school system.  It also affirms the implementation of the energy conservation policy shall be the joint responsibility of the School Board, administration, faculty, staff, students, support personnel, and Centergistic.  Success is based on cooperation amid all groups.

 

To ensure the overall success of the School Board’s behavior-based energy conservation program the following provisions shall be emphasized:

 

  1. A designated campus administrator shall be accountable for energy conservation on his/her campus with Energy Specialist teams conducting energy audits and providing timely feedback.

  2. All personnel at each campus shall be expected to make a positive contribution to maximize energy conservation and produce real energy savings.

  3. Cenergistic shall implement its energy conservation program primarily through an energy management team led by the Energy Specialist in accordance with Energy Guidelines that shall be developed and maintained by the Superintendent and shall define the rules for the energy conservation program.

  4. Accurate records of energy consumption and cost shall be maintained by the Energy Specialist for each campus to provide verifiable performance results on the goals and progress of the energy conservation program.

 

The School Board is responsible for overseeing the operations and fiscal accountability of each school under its governance, and embraces energy conservation and desires to be socially responsible in respect for the limited natural resources available.

 

New policy:  June 7, 2016

 

 

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:81

Board minutes, 6-7-16

 

Vernon Parish School Board