Employing these innovative methods and having specific focus on the building envelope as the best expenditure of its “green dollars” has paid off for the district, and not just in terms of awards and public recognition.
( by Cliff Holden, construction manager for Burleson Independent School District [ISD], which is referenced in the Ware article from note 1: “Given our experience and database of lessons learned we concluded that the best green dollar spent is the one you don’t spend. … We have concluded that the least expensive way to save energy is to focus on the envelope first.”) According to an independent study by CLEAResult (contracted by Oncor energy), not only did Burleson ISD schools consume less energy
(kBTU/sf) per year than local districts—in some cases, consuming less than half in whatsapp number database comparison—but the Academy at Nola Dunn was also by far the most energy-efficient building within the district. (This data comes from the “Burleson ISD Energy Benchmarking Report” from November 2013.) It consumed a third less annual energy than the next closest building in Oncor’s study (13.2 kBtu/sf compared to 20.6 kBtu/sf at
Clinkscale Elementary School), and earned a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) energy portfolio manager ranking of 99. Its energy cost index (annual energy costs/sf) was $0.43—the lowest of any building in the school district. (This data comes from the “Burleson ISD Energy Benchmarking Report” from November 2013.)
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