(CNSNews.com) – The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is celebrating Children’s Health Month this October by providing
information and health tips on its website, including the importance of energy efficiency in schools.
On the website page is a link to a 26-page EPA report entitled, “Sensible Steps to Healthier School Environment.”
In the report’s chapter on Energy Efficiency, the EPA presents a box
with items to help establish “Energy Efficiency Opportunities for
Schools.”
One of the items in the box reads, “Educate students and staff about
how their behaviors affect energy use. Some schools have created student
energy patrols to monitor and inform others when energy is wasted.”
For example, the Arizona Public School’s website
provides information for setting up energy patrols. The website states
“emphasize social action through environmental education gives students a
chance to do something about environmental problems instead of just
hearing about them.”
The APS website says that patrol members can be provided with ID
tags, vests and clipboards. Their responsibilities include leaving
reminders to better conserve energy in rooms they find that have the
lights on but are unoccupied.
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