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El Paso ISD adopts sweeping sustainability resolution aiming for 100% renewable electricity by 2050
Summary
The El Paso ISD Board unanimously adopted a sustainability and energy-efficiency resolution that sets a district goal of 100% renewable electricity or equivalent offsets by 2050, directs HVAC upgrades and creates a board advisory committee to oversee implementation.
The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on April 21 to adopt a far‑reaching sustainability and energy-efficiency resolution that aims to transition district operations to 100% renewable electricity or equivalent offsets by 2050.
Trustee Leverage read the resolution in full, listing near‑term and long‑term measures: accelerate HVAC modernization (including replacing evaporative coolers), deploy temporary cooling and hydration stations within three months of passage, complete at least 10 projects addressing heat in classrooms by August 2027, and replace all evaporative coolers with energy‑efficient HVAC solutions by the end of the 2028–29 school year. The…
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