Efficient and Healthy Schools Program - 2024-2025 Recognition

1. OVERVIEW

The Efficient and Healthy Schools recognition program serves to showcase national leadership in energy efficiency and health in schools and districts across the country. This is a U.S. Department of Energy program that is supported by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and New Buildings Institute (NBI). Our organizing partners are the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In 2024-2025, the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program will recognize emerging and exemplary solutions and efforts by K-12 schools in four categories:

Data Detective Honoring schools and districts that demonstrate best practices to assess, benchmark, and utilize building data to prioritize school improvements.

Retrofit Revolutionary Honoring schools and districts that showcase exemplary retrofit projects to improve energy efficiency and resilience, and promote a healthy learning environment.

Performance Pro Honoring schools and districts that strive for continuous improvement through operations and maintenance (O&M) activities, performance evaluation, and retro-commissioning (RCx).

Solutions Strategist Honoring schools and districts that develop plans and make committed goals to advance district initiatives that achieve sustained and long-term improvements of their school buildings.

-- Check out last year’s winners for examples of projects in each category --

SURVEY MONKEY INSTRUCTIONS
● Download the full application HERE in order to prepare for the questions included in this application.
● After selecting the Recognition Category you are applying to, and providing some basic contact information, there will be five narrative responses with an opportunity to upload files at the end of this section. You should anticipate 30-60 mins to complete the full application.
● Each time you select “Next” your data will be saved.
● If you need to leave the application and return later, click the “Exit” link in the top right corner of the page. Please note, clicking the Exit link will NOT save data entered on the current page. Please click “Next” to save any work (even if partial) before clicking Exit.
● If you need to edit your responses, return to the application via the original survey link, and use the “Previous” button to adjust already submitted information. Or simply pick up where you left off and complete the remainder of the application.

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