Changing Behavior at Schools In September 2009, the EPA issued a challenge to schools to improve energy efficiency in their buildings. According to the EPA press release on the challenge, annual energy costs for the country’s K-12 schools is “nearly $8 billion – more than is spent on textbooks and computers combined.” Reducing energy costs would obviously help to change that balance and channel the cost savings into education. In the current economic climate, budgets everywhere are taking a hit. This means that the focus for energy saving techniques de- pends far more on no-cost/low- cost than capital expenditure options. The ability to work with a facility as it stands and have it operate at optimum functionality is a key element in tighter times. This is a guiding pr

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