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Here is the revised checklist, with required items in bold, and then pick any three other items in each category. It took a lot for me not to have every item be required!
 * 2/4/2011**



I have also revised the Energy and Sustainability concept map. It is now available as a website with rollover/pop up descriptions of each item (just move your mouse over the paper-looking icon next to a word). There are also links (shows as a globe icon) next to some items.

[|HCS Energy & Sustainability Concept Map]

Please let me know what you think of these, I really want your input!

- Andy


 * HCS Energy and Sustainability School Checklist**



What do you think should be added/removed from this checklist?

Which items should be non-negotiable, and which should be able to be changed from school-to-school?

We could make a certain number per category non-negotiable items and then maybe "pick 5 of the following".

Suggestions from Tom Frye -
 * Suggestions from Committee Members**

This map should help clarify relationships between items to include in the policy.
 * HCS Energy and Sustainability Policy Concept Map**

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This outline corresponds with items found in the concept map.

What do you think is missing from this concept map? Do you see anything that does not belong here?

Hello again everyone,

Thank you all for your time and ideas during the Sustainability and Energy Conservation meeting yesterday evening. We need to start pulling ideas together to include in the policy, and I thought it would be a good way to keep track of everything if I made a separate discussion for both Energy, and Sustainability ideas. We already came up with some great things to include last night, and I will go ahead and list them in the discussions. As you think of things to include in the policy, please feel free to go ahead and add them to the discussion yourselves.

You all know much more about what goes on in the schools on a daily basis, what peoples habits are, what people are willing to accept, and things that just have no chance of working in Harnett County. Keep all of this in mind as you are brainstorming, and let me know if you have any questions. I am more than happy to schedule a meeting if anyone would like to talk more in person.

Below are links to the presentations I gave last night on Recycling and Load Factor. [|Here] is the link to the Dept. of Energy's Lesson Plan website.

Thanks again!

- Andy





Hello Everyone,

I just came across this great resource from the NEED (National Energy Education Development) project. It's called the Energy Management Guide for Schools, and it's a little long but well worth skimming over at least. This guide goes into good detail on the steps I covered in my presentation involved with creating energy teams and an energy policy.

- Andy



Dear Harnett County Schools Sustainability and Energy Conservation District Team,

Thank you all for your time and attention during the meeting. Now that you have been introduced to the steps involved with implementing a comprehensive energy and sustainability policy for Harnett County Schools, I wanted to take this opportunity to ask for your input in the next phase of the process (your homework).

We need to begin drafting an energy and sustainability policy that is tailored specifically to Harnett County Schools. What do the Board Members, Principals, Teachers, Parents, and Students of Harnett County want and expect from their energy policy? Which parts of policies in other school districts will work for Harnett County Schools, and which will not? What goals should be established for new buildings, renovations and upgrades in our buildings?

I have attached a few handouts to this email to illustrate the type of resources that exist to help formulate an energy policy. With the above questions in mind I would like you to take a look at them, gather some questions and ideas, and during the next meeting we can start to organize and put these ideas into writing. Keep in mind during your brainstorming that simple behavioral changes can result in energy savings of up to 25%. You know better than anyone the types of changes that are able to be made, as well as the most effective way of encouraging those changes. Therefore you play a huge role in supporting the policies we create and continuing to endorse them district-wide.

If you have any questions regarding the presentation or an energy and sustainability policy in general, please feel free to contact me at abaumeister@harnett.k12.nc.us. I have also attached the PowerPoint presentation from the first meeting.

Thanks again for your time and interest on this important issue!

- Andy Baumeister















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