Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Seymour's Chatfield-LoPresti School picked for energy-saving program

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SEYMOUR — When the new Chatfield-LoPresti School opens to a full house in September, students and staff will literally be able to watch the savings add up when it comes to the building’s energy consumption.
That’s because the elementary school, undergoing a renovation/addition with tons of “green” initiatives and technology, was selected as one of six schools in Connecticut take part in a new pilot program.
The school is teaming up with The Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Eastern Connecticut State University, which in turn is working with the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board, to have an “energy dashboard” placed in the building when it becomes fully operational in September.

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