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School staff present seven-year energy review and propose energy manager, incentives
Summary
Facilities staff presented seven years of utility data showing newer buildings use less energy, proposed reinstating an energy manager role, an incentive program for schools, and low-cost steps such as LED upgrades and audits.
Ed Smith, a facilities staff member for Winchester City Public Schools, presented a seven‑year review of school utilities and said the district spends roughly $2,200,000 a year on utilities and that new buildings use substantially less energy than older ones.
Smith told the board that John Kerr Elementary, the system’s newest elementary, uses roughly the same total energy as some much smaller older schools despite being about 30% larger, noting design features such as south‑facing windows, LED lighting and a fully electric heating/cooling system that increase efficiency. He pointed to higher recent electricity use at Daniel Morgan, which he said followed replacement of a gas water heater with an electric unit and changes to custodial hours that left HVAC running longer. Frederick Douglass showed a natural‑gas spike in a year the school lost one of two boilers; the district has since…
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