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Energy Conservation Program

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MPUSD has reduced energy use by 41.6% in the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Based on current usage and rates, the utility costs would have been $1,247,827 more.
 
Updated: February 2022
 
2020-2021 Energy Conservation Impact Highlights
 
 
  • Overall Cost Avoidance: $1,247,827 (41.6%)
  • Electric: 33.2%
  • Natural gas: 56.4%
  • Water: 39.5%
 
Since December 2012, the district has avoided costs as follows (as of December 2021):
  • Electric, Natural Gas and Water: $8,796,405 (41.2%)
 
Comparable to:
 
  • Removing 372,029,198 KBTU or 9,805 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution or
  • Removing 2,133 cars from the road or
  • Planting 162,117 trees for 10 years

MPUSD's Nine Solar Array 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
District Services Center..............................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 (January 2013 - June 30, 2021):

Removing 9,622 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution; or
Planting 159,109 trees for 10 years; or
Reducing 2,093 cars from the road a year.

 

 

 

21 Schools Receive Energy Star Awards in 2017

  • Bay View Academy
  • Central Coast
  • Crumpton
  • Del Rey Woods
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School of the Arts
  • Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula
  • Foothill
  • Highland
  • International School of Monterey
  • La Mesa
  • Los Arboles
  • Marina High
  • Marina Vista
    Marshall
  • Monte Vista
  • Monterey High
  • Olson
  • Ord Terrace
  • Seaside High
  • Seaside Middle
  • Walter Colton

Energy Conservation Grants

  • MPWMD Broadway Project Phase 1: $30,000
  • MPWMD Broadway Project Phase 2: $30,000
  • 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
  • RUNNING TOTAL FOR GRANTS: $1,258,601
  • RUNNING TOTAL FOR REBATES: $1,030,896
  • RUNNING TOTAL FOR BILLING ERROR: $54,641
David Chandler
 
Teacher / Energy Conservation
[email protected]
(831) 901-7376