TUSD Schools Save Taxpayers Over $750,000 By Practicing Energy-Saving Measures

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: March 11, 2005

TUSD reduced utility costs at 67 schools during 2004 to save taxpayers $765,881 through the district’s Resources Efficiency Awareness Program, also known as REAP. As a result, 17 TUSD schools earned a total of $24,800 for demonstrating conservation, improving efficiency, and using renewable resources from Jan. 1, 2004 through Dec. 31, 2004.

Superintendent Roger Pfeuffer congratulated the participating schools at the March 8 TUSD Board meeting. The following is a list of the winning schools and the monetary award they received: Utterback Middle Magnet, $5,000; Whitmore Elementary, $4,000; Safford Middle Magnet, $3,000; Hudlow Elementary, Doolen Middle, and Catalina High Magnet, $2,000 each; Davis Elementary, Hughes Elementary, Johnson Primary, Kellond Elementary, Lineweaver Elementary, Manzo Elementary, Ochoa Elementary, Robins Elementary, Sewell Elementary, and Soleng Tom Elementary, $680 each. 

Begun in 1991, REAP was created to educate students and staff on how to conserve energy, water, and waste resources. It awards winning schools twice per year with $600 to $5,000 of capital monies which can be spent on a variety of school supplies including playground equipment, cafeteria tables, etc. The amount of money awarded is determined by the amount of money a school saves on utilities, if the school has received an Energy Star label from the federal government, and if conservation is included in the school's curriculum.

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