Flip that switch: Schools save energy

CALIFORNIA – Bob Corsaro asked a few fifth-graders to hold thermometers on different sides of their classroom at Art Freiler Elementary School in Tracy on a recent chilly, rainy morning.

The students told the energy management director of Tracy Unified School District that they all measured the room at approximately 73 degrees Fahrenheit.

Corsaro radioed the district office, and a voice on the other side said the reading was the same at the central computer.

The district staffer also said the classroom’s fan was on, its door was closed and the thermostat was set to 68 degrees.

“We’ve found that monitoring the energy at the schools very closely can save us money,” Corsaro told the students.

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