Ken asks…
How much energy do you save by turning off the lights at a school?
I was thinking for my environmental club that we have the school say an announcement on the intercom for the teachers to turn off their lights for 10 seconds.
How much energy would we save approximately?
admin answers:
As your school lights are likely fluorescent, and fluorescent bulbs take a greater hit to their lifespans from frequent turning on and off, it would likely cost more in terms of shortening their lifespans than you would save in energy costs. Since fluorescent bulbs are so efficient to begin with, 10 seconds would have negligible savings.
If you still want to calculate it, you could get the wattage for one of your bulbs, multiply that by the number of bulbs in one room, and multiply that by the number of rooms in the school.
But if you are interested in saving energy, you might suggest that classrooms with windows facing the sun turn off some or all of their lights during on sunny days.
Robert asks…
one suggestion on how to conserve energy at a high school?
-calculate how much money will be saved per teacher per school day (if there are 190 teachers)
-calculate how much money will be saved per teacher per school year (if there are 190 teachers)
-calculate how much money will be saved at the high school per school day
-calculate how much money will be saved at the high school per school year
show your calculations and lets see how much me can save!
admin answers:
Eliminate all of the school teachers who can not do math. Poof.. You’ll save a ton!
Mark asks…
An environmentally friendly, energy efficient school?
I’m a Junior at an alternative school, and when I grow up, I want to be an architect. Later in life, I want to come back to this school, rebuild it and make it better. I want it to be energy efficient, money saving, and environmentally friendly. Got any ideas or tips as to how I can do this? What should I include in “my” school?
admin answers:
You should do some research on UC Merced. It’s currently the greenest campus in the San Joaquin Valley and its designed to be the greenst campus in California when it is fully completed. The link in the source has some information on its design.
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