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Iowa City Community School District Climate Action Plan

Eric Giddens, CEEE Energy Education & Outreach Coordinator Rebecca Aberle, UNI Public Administration Student Intern

Key ingredients in our program

• International Council for Local Environmental

Initiatives (ICLEI) Regional Affiliate Membership

• ClearPath: http://icleiusa.org/clearpath/
• UNI Conservation Corps
• Student Fellowships & Internships
• Class Projects

Climate Action Planning Process

• Develop GHG Emissions Inventory for school district’s operations
• Building & facilities energy use
• Transportation fuel use (buses & gasoline powered vehicles)
• Water use (& wastewater generation)
• Solid waste generation
• “Business-as-usual” Forecast
• Planning
• Set a reduction goal. Iowa City has adopted the following IPCC goals:
• 45% below 2010 by 2030
• 100% below 2010 by 2050
• Model “reduction strategies” that will reduce emissions.
• Monitoring – Future GHG inventories to measure progress

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Resources

• US DOE Advanced Energy Retrofit Guide, Practical Ways to Improve Energy

Performance – K-12 Schools: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/60913.pdf

• US EPA Energy Efficiency Programs in K-12 Schools, A Guide to Developing

and Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-08/documents/k- 12_guide.pdf

• Green Iowa AmeriCorps Sustainable Schools Members could review these

resources and help the district with EE project planning & implementation

– Examples of potential EE/energy conservation projects: LED lighting, occupancy sensors, Energy Star computers & appliances, building envelope upgrades, advanced thermostat programming, smart power strips, natural lighting, adjustment to seasonal temperature variation

Questions?

Contact: Eric Giddens UNI Center for Energy & Environmental Education (319) 273-7499 eric.giddens@uni.edu