About PowerSave Schools

The Alliance to Save Energy believes that students have the power to create a culture of energy efficiency in their schools and communities.  In k-12 educational facilities student engagement is key to accessing behavior-based energy savings.  Empowered with STEM-based efficiency training, hands-on experience, and results to show for their work, students become ambassadors for energy conservation in the classroom and at home.

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For Utilities

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Who We Are

Energy is an enormous cost for US schools, which spend an estimated $6 billion per year in energy alone. Since PowerSave schools was started in 1996, we have partnered with over 1,000 schools to save more than 50,000 Megawatt Hours of electricity and 6 million dollars. We achieve these goals through STEM-based lesson plans and hands-on applications that let students turn their knowledge into power. Program content focuses on energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy. Students learn how these elements work together to form holistic energy solutions and create a deep understanding of energy’s links to the environment and economy. Using the school as a real-world learning laboratory, we engage and empower students to become advocates for energy efficiency in their schools, homes, and communities.

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Everyone Benefits with PowerSave 

• Students benefit from hands-on, real-world lessons and leadership opportunities, as well as exposure to green careers;
  
• Schools benefit from considerable cost savings, curriculum support, cross-functional team building, and community involvement;
  
• Communities benefit from the partnerships established among key stakeholders and more affordable energy; and
  
• The environment benefits from lower levels of CO2 emissions
  

Our Goals
The PowerSave Schools Program has three primary goals:

1. To help schools save money on energy costs and protect the environment through cooperative, school-wide changes in behavior, operations and maintenance procedures and retrofits of more efficient equipment;
   
2. To provide excellent, hands-on learning opportunities for students
   
3. To build pathways to green jobs
   

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PowerSave Schools Program Components

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About the Alliance to Save Energy

The PowerSave Schools program is an educational component of a larger nonprofit, the Alliance to Save Energy, which began in 1977 as a response to the OPEC oil crisis-- a critical period in our nation's energy history.  Decades later the Alliance continues the mission to create an energy-efficient world. The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security.  For more information about the Alliance click here!

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Our Partners

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Some areas of this site are exclusively for our PowerSave Schools; contact us if you'd like to learn more about participating in our program! We also encourage you to click on the links below to access the Alliance to Save Energy's other free and open sources of information on energy efficiency!