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This year alone, TEC has supported nine school districts with energy efficiency upgrades across 29 sites, including HVAC improvements, lighting retrofits, and electric heat pump water heaters. These initiatives have led to an impressive waste diversion rate of 90% in 2024, up from 40% in 2008, even as school enrollment increased by 25%.
This year alone, TEC has supported nine school districts with energy efficiency upgrades across 29 sites, including HVAC improvements, lighting retrofits, and electric heat pump water heaters. These initiatives have led to an impressive waste diversion rate of 90% in 2024, up from 40% in 2008, even as school enrollment increased by 25%.
“I think that it’s really important for us to make sure we never get into a situation where we regress and we’re increasing our HVACs, or we’re increasing our climate-control programs, because that’s not going to do anybody any good.” The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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