WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s North Penn School District received a 2013 Energy Star Partner of the Year award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 26 in Washington, D.C. The prestigious award recognizes the district’s energy efficiency efforts.
The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) PowerSave Schools program helped educate the district’s students on how to cut energy waste with impressive results, which was funded by retail energy supplier Direct Energy. Students led a variety of projects including awareness campaigns, websites, performing energy audits, interpreting data, and making recommendations for better energy practices.