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

Building Technologies Program – EnergySmart Schools

Renewable Energy

Wind for Schools Project

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Powering America program (at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory) sponsors the Wind for Schools Project to raise awareness in rural America about the benefits of wind energy while simultaneously developing a wind energy knowledge base in future leaders of our communities, states, and nation. Contact Larry Flowers for more information.

• Wind for Schools Project Power System Brief (PDF 530 KB)

Solar in Schools Program

Find out what's happening with solar schools in your community. Subscribe to the Schools Going Solar News RSS Feed, sponsored by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.

Schools Going Solar (PDF 4 MB)

Activities to incorporate installed photovoltaic systems into the classroom learning environment. Contact Mary Spruill for more information.

Biomass in Schools

The Biomass Energy Resource Center has created a series of case studies that illustrates the development and operational experiences of schools that have converted from fossil fuel-based systems to those that use biomass.

• Ponaganset High School and Ponaganset Middle School, Foster-Glocester Schools, North Scituate, Rhode Island
• Leavitt Area High School, Turner, Maine
• Barre Town Elementary and Middle School, Barre, Vermont