Energy Conservation

San Angelo Independent School District has teamed up with Cenergistic to develop a behavior-based energy management program to help ensure responsible and efficient use of division resources and reduce SAISD’s environmental impact.

Cenergistic is a technology-powered, data-driven energy conservation company. Cenergistic helps organizations reduce consumption of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and water. Their proven approach is built on a proprietary methodology, which optimizes clients’ infrastructure, improves internal processes and changes behavior to ensure that savings endure.

Cenergistic earned the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for 2009, and 2010. In 29 years, the company has worked with more than 1,350 educational, large church and health care organizations helping clients save over $3.5 billion in utility costs.

San Angelo schools’ energy management program is more than just a short term “go green” project. It is a comprehensive, sustainable plan designed to address behavioral, mechanical and logistical use of our facilities in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and be good stewards of taxpayer funds.

Mission

SAISD energy management program will sustain safe, comfortable school environments conducive to learning while ensuring efficient use of facilities and resources and reducing the division’s environmental impact.

Energy Specialists

Energy specialists Steve Van Hoozer and Robert Rumph work with school staff to ensure efficient use facilities. Their duties include:

Audit buildings to ensure proper functioning of mechanical equipment and track building usage patterns
Track and analyze energy consumption for every building
Monitor billing cycles from utility providers
Monitor building conditions ensure quality learning environments
Generate reports on energy usage and utility budget impact

What Can I Do?

SAISD is leading by example – showing the community and students how to conserve all types of energy and teaching the next generation how important our resources are. Check out the links below to learn ways you can save energy in your own home.

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