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Pantagraph February 2, 2010
Unit 5 recognized by EPA for energy efficiency
By Phyllis Coulter NORMAL — Unit 5 School District is the first district in Illinois to join the EPA's list of Energy Star Leaders, recognizing energy efficiency across all of its buildings.
The status goes to organizations with an overall savings of 20 percent or more. Unit 5's savings top 30 percent, or more than $4.5 million, said Unit 5 spokeswoman Dayna Brown.
"Many district individuals have consciously changed habits to daily reduce district energy demand," said Bruce Boswell, the district's energy educator-manager. "With an overall savings in the district's 27 sites at over 30 percent, we hope to continue finding ways to save more energy need and expenses."
Energy efficiency has been improved by retrofitting older buildings with geothermal systems, better windows and better lighting.
Unit 5 has 13,000 students in 20 schools with seven other sites and more than 1.7 million square feet.
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.
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