On March 6, PAISBOA Sustainability Group met virtually to review the Sustainability School Survey results, now in its third year. The survey aims to document the sustainability practices and progress among PAISBOA schools, and enables individual schools to see where they fall in comparison to peer institutions. PAISBOA’s Ron Hill and Boyer Sudduth’s Mary Ann Boyer and intern, Fernando Leon Rueda, shared the survey findings.
A discussion following the presentation included energy modeling and benchmarking where Stuart Country Day School’s Darren Malone shared information about NJ’s Pay4Performance Program through NJ’s Clean Energy Program. Haverford College’s Jennie Kelly spoke about Atrius, an energy tracking tool where students can see real live energy use data on a website. And Pittsburgh-based Winchester Hurston School’s John Charney shared information about the Energy Star Program.
Sister Marjorie Lawless formerly of Norwood Fontbonne Academy shared information about how Norwood is recycling plastic bags through NetTrex. Heather Wilson of Baldwin explained how her previous school in Maryland participated in the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education program (MAEOE) helped generate school-wide sustainable changes.
See this link for a copy of the School Sustainability Report.
Article published in PAISBOA’s Friday Flyer Vol. XIII, No. 4 - March 8, 2024.
