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Welcome to The Efficient and Healthy Schools Program

The Efficient and Healthy Schools Program (EHSP) aims to engage K-12 schools to improve energy performance and indoor air quality, with a focus on practical solutions involving HVAC and other technologies to reduce energy use and advance resilience. This program is led by the U.S. Department of Energy with technical support from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and New Buildings Institute.

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Joining the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program is easy and free.

We invite you to join a growing network of schools, school districts, and supporting organizations in the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program. The program aims to improve energy performance, advance resilience, and promote a healthy learning environment in schools. 

Options once you join the program include: regular working groups, peer-to-peer discussions, and technical support on practical solutions that improve energy performance, reduce carbon emissions and promote a healthy learning environment in your school. Join us!

Upcoming Webinars

Loan Strategies for School Energy ImprovementsUS DOE SCEP logo

Mar 20, 2024 1pm ET | Register for the webinar! 

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools Program and Loan Programs Office (LPO) are pleased to offer a joint webinar focused on schools. Through the Clean Energy Financing Program, LPO can provide loan guarantees for clean energy deployment projects, including renewables and efficiency, as well as clean transportation. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act open up significant loan authority for projects organized or supported by State Energy Financing Institutions (SEFI) for such improvements.

Efficient and Healthy Schools: Funding for Facilities' Needs Webinar

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Mar 27, 2024 2pm ET | Register for the webinar! 

Join the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program’s webinar to learn about funding for achieving efficient and healthy school improvements. K-12 schools and their supporters will hear about federal funding opportunities, approaches to leverage state and local funds, and examples of how schools have creatively funded projects to improve their facilities and prepare for the future.

Announcements

2024 Best of Green Schools Award

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The Efficient and Healthy Schools Program has been named a 2024 Best of Green Schools Award recipient for the Moment for the Movement category, presented by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Schools National Network. The awards celebrate the hard work being done by people, schools, campuses, and organizations to push energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in schools around the country. Read more here!

 

ASHRAE Schools Partnership Program

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ASHRAE is working on a multi-pronged effort to support ASHRAE Chapters to reach out to their local schools to share technical information on improving energy and indoor air quality. Currently, 14 Pilot ASHRAE Chapters have signed up. The program intends to engage with schools especially in disadvantaged or rural communities. Interested in being a part of this program? Learn more!

Interested in finding out more?

Please contact the Efficient and Healthy Schools team via email at schools@lbl.gov.