U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Program – EnergySmart Schools

Case Studies

The following documents show examples of energy-efficient schools.  Some of the documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

EnergySmart Schools Case Studies

• Desert Edge High School (PDF 804 KB)
• Homewood Middle School (PDF 515 KB)
• Northern Guilford Middle School (PDF 363 KB)
• Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (PDF 384 KB)
• Fossil Ridge High School (PDF 383 KB)

EnergySmart Schools Financing Profiles

• East End Community School (Maine) - EnergySmart Schools Financing Profile (PDF 103 KB)
• Riverside High School (South Carolina) - EnergySmart Schools Financing Profile (PDF 115 KB)
• Foster-Glocester Regional School District (Rhode Island) - EnergySmart Schools Financing Profile (PDF 111 KB)

Other Case Studies

• An Alternative Approach to Financing and Delivery of a Capital Program: Greenville County School District, South Carolina (PowerPoint 9.4 MB) - InReFinancial presentation during the annual CEFPI conference
• Massachusetts High Performance School Buildings (PDF 4.5 MB) - Multiple Massachusetts K-12 high-performance schools are mentioned
• Ponaganset High School Fuel Cell Education Initiative - Funded by the RI Renewable Energy Fund Solar on Schools Initiative
• Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (PDF 1.5 MB) - Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Case Study