Broward County Public Colleges (BCPS) is proud to announce that 4 faculties have emerged as prime winners within the Miami Warmth’s annual How Low Can You Go? problem, an thrilling competitors aimed toward encouraging faculties to cut back their vitality and water consumption. The problem, which incorporates faculties from Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Seaside counties, additionally serves as a platform to lift consciousness in regards to the significance of sustainability.
This 12 months’s winners have been honored for his or her spectacular efforts to decrease vitality and water utilization, showcasing their dedication to environmental accountability and sustainability. BCPS college students from the successful faculties additionally obtained tickets to a Miami Warmth recreation on April 13 and have been celebrated with a pre-game banner presentation on the courtroom.
Prime winners in electrical consumption & vitality discount:
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Central Park Elementary College – 1st Place: The college decreased its electrical consumption by 35%, saving 187,904 kWh, and avoiding $18,790 in vitality prices.
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Forest Hills Elementary College – 2nd Place: A discount of 14% in electrical consumption resulted in financial savings of 47,901 kWh and a price avoidance of $4,790.
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Cooper Metropolis Excessive College – third Place: The highschool decreased its electrical consumption by 12%, saving 183,150 kWh and avoiding $18,315 in prices.
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Best Water Discount:
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Coconut Creek Elementary College – This faculty achieved a exceptional 63% discount in water utilization, saving a complete of 240,000 gallons.
BCPS Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn praised the scholars’ efforts, saying, “This competitors empowers college students to see firsthand the influence they will make towards environmental sustainability and decreasing their carbon footprint. They’re studying that they’ve the facility to create actual, constructive change by decreasing waste and constructing a extra sustainable future for all. I commend our college students for his or her focus and willpower to make a distinction.”
Along with the distinction of receiving tickets to the Miami Warmth recreation, Central Park Elementary may also take pleasure in a particular pep rally, courtesy of the Miami Warmth, for successful first place general within the competitors.
The How Low Can You Go? problem, a collaboration with the Miami Warmth, has change into a robust pressure in encouraging college students and faculties to tackle sustainability efforts. Over the previous ten years, this system has concerned greater than 340 faculties and impacted over 480,000 folks, collectively saving thousands and thousands of kilowatt-hours and gallons of water whereas decreasing carbon emissions.
For extra data on the How Low Can You Go? problem, go to Broward Schools – How Low Can You Go.
Key Statistics Over the Final Ten Years:
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Over 17 million kWh decreased
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$2.5 million in vitality value financial savings
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25.6 million kilos of CO2 emissions decreased
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Over 39 million gallons of water saved
