Energy Conservation Program

MPUSD has Reduced Energy use by 33.2%

What's New

Energy Conservation and Efficiency

Since December 2012, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has reduced use by (as of March 2017):

Electric 3,896132 kWH
Natural gas 464,197 Therms
Water 244,331,000 gallons

This reduction is comparable to:

Removing 3383 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution or
Removing 705 cars from the road or
Planting 86,749 trees
AND removing 370 Olympic sized swimming pools

MPUSD has also avoided spending $4,314,205 on Utility Costs - this is a 38.7%% utility cost avoidance.

This data is the statistics for the Energy Conservation Program. Please see the Carbon Footprint reduction of the Solar Projects in the Dashboards below.

MPUSD has Nine Solar Sites

Seaside High School...................................537.95 KW

Hayes Campus ..........................................60.48 KW

Crumpton Crumpton...................................110.88 KW

Highland Elementary..................................114.24 KW

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary..............69.6 KW

IMC.............................................................292.32 KW

Foothill Elementary.....................................69.54 KW

Los Arboles Middle.....................................69.6 KW

Seaside Middle School...............................99.18 KW

Total Solar..................................................1473.99 KW

Solar is a Clean Source of Energy.

MPUSD's Photovoltaic Systems generation is comparable to:

Removing 1115 tons of Carbon dioxide pollution or planting 28,426 trees

MPUSD's First Electric Vehicle

Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District awarded MPUSD a grant to purchase a 2015 Chevolet Spark EV.

Proposition 39 Clean Energy Job Act

The State of California has allocated funds to all public schools for Energy Efficiency Projects. AMBAG was instrumental in getting MPUSD's Expenditure Plan approved by the California Energy Commission June 2015. Ecology Action working after the project completion to assure the strongest rebates. The expenditure plan has 3 types of projects; Interior Lights, Exterior lights and Thermostats.

Interior Lights: MPUSD's Custodial and Maintenance staff worked weekends to replace all fluorescent tubes with new LED tubes. 30,000+ tubes were replaced and recycled at 23 sites. The new tubes are mercury free and plastic, so they are safer and produce a better quality light. The LED tubes reduce energy need for lighting by 52%.

Phase 2 Interior Lighting: Gyms, MURs and other areas will be switching over to LED.

Thermostats: MPUSD's HVAC Department is installing new Programmable Thermostats. The thermostats give staff more control and choice of heat in their areas while providing better energy conservation. Please see Thermostat Instructions above.

Exterior lights: MPUSD's Electrical Department is installing new LED exterior lights at all campuses. The campuses are safer, light levels have improved and energy need for exterior lights is reduced by 50-70%.

Utility Bills Entered and Analyzed

8744

Turf Removed

MPUSD has reduce non-essential turf areas by focusing field play areas and creating drought tolerant learning landscapes

150,642 sq feet

21 Schools Recieve Energy Star Awards2017 Energy Star Awards

Crumpton
Marina Vista
Olson:
Marshall
DLAMP
Ord Terrace
Highland
Colton
Seaside High
International School of Monterey
Foothill
Del Rey Woods
Monta Vista
Seaside Middle
Monterey High
Bay View Academy
La Mesa
Los Arboles
Marina High
Central Coast
MLK

All employees can effectively prepare future generations to live and work productively in our world. One way to prepare our students is by “modeling the behavior,” in this case by reducing energy bills. By keeping operating costs down, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District can provide a safe and comfortable environment for learning while reducing wasted energy usage and conserving natural resources. MPUSD is committed to decreasing energy consumption and anticipates a team effort from all employees and students to be “energy savers.”

Push to get the Next Holiday Shutdown Flier

2017 Spring Break flyier

Energy Guidelines

Energy Guidelines

Flip the Switch

Each night before going home, please reminder to TURN OFF:

Computers
Copy machines
Lights
Printers
Projectors, speakers, document cameras, Smart Boards, etc.

Thermostats

TSAT Instructions

Field Retrofits Complete

Colton
MLK (2)
Foothill
Los Arboles
Ord Terrace
Highland

Exterior Water Conservation

MPUSD mangages it's irrigation with 47 Hydro-Point WeatherTrak smart controllers

We he made an arrangement with water districts to irrigate our field on weekdays, so they are overseen by our professional Grounds Department.

Since 2013 MPUSD has reduced water use by 48.4%

Hydropoint Water Compass are installed on 15 meters. Water Compass is a Cellular communication devise that reads the water meter in real time and send alerts if there is excessive use or a leak. Additional Water Compass systems will be installed in 2017-18

Interior Water Conservation

MPUSD Facility Department has been working at every school site installing Water Saving fixtures.

Self metering faucets operate with one push and turn off automatically. Please report any faucet that runs longer than 30 seconds.
Faucets are installed with a .5 gallon per minute aerator.
Toilets are installed with 1.6 or 1.28 gallon per flush valves
Urinals are Waterless or installed with a .5 or .125 gallon per flush valve.

Please report any toilets or urinals that run constantly.

Energy Conservation Grants

State Water Board DROPS grant $672,000 for Storm water collection and water conservation
MPWMD $74,477 for Ord Terrace Water Conservation Project
Cal Am Water $30,000 for Efficient Irrigation Retrofit
MBUAPCD $27,000 for Electric Vehicle
Ecology Action $30,000 for LID designs
MBUAPCD $165,000 for School Bus Replacement
MPWMD $53,142 DRW turf removal incentive
MPWMD $3500 Monta Vista turf removal incentive
MPWMD $20,000 MLK Turf removal incentive

David Chandler

Coordinator of Renewable Energy and Conservation

dchandler@mpusd.k12.ca.us
(831) 645-1268
(831) 901-7376