Today the color of energy is green; but so is the color of money. For all the attention given to “greening” our world, we can never disregard the financial side. MSBO helps school districts create successful energy programs, saving money at a time when every dollar helps.
FY2009: 8 districts save over $276,000 = 2,035 Metric Tons of CO2 reduced or the equivalent of removing 373 cars from Michigan’s roads.
FY2008: 7 districts save over $159,000 = 1,268 Metric Tons of CO2 reduced or equivalent to removing 232 cars from Michigan’s roads.
FY2007: 4 districts save over $146,000 = 1,151 Metric Tons of CO2 reduced or equivalent to removing 211 cars from Michigan’s Roads.
“In the good old days our energy costs were relatively low and relatively fixed,” according to Scott Little, MSBO Associate Executive Director. “That is certainly not the case in today’s world. We partner with your district for the long term.”
MSBO’s Energy Essentials works with your district to determine how you use energy, facilitates a task force to focus on creating a culture of awareness and conservation, provides a robust software tool to measure your energy use and costs, and in the end reduces not only your costs, but also your environmental impact.
This idea of understanding our carbon footprint and environmental impact will only grow in importance as more and more emphasis is put on reducing climate change in our environment.
Energy Essentials is committed to working with your district over time and has developed a program ensuring your efforts are sustained well into the future. There are no upfront costs, just 36 low monthly payments, typically equating to between 1 and 2 percent of your average monthly utility bills. Energy Essentials clients have typically realized 10% or greater savings.
For more information or to set up an informational meeting with your district, please call or e-mail Scott Little at 517.327.2582
“MSBO’s Energy Essentials program fostered district wide buy in to a conservation program that has increased our awareness as energy consumers, helping to reduce our energy costs by thousands of dollars over and above the program cost. We would not have reached the same level of success on our own,” Nan Bendall, Business Services, Bath Community Schools, 2009 MSBO Energy Essentials Client
