BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT:
CL-R (LOCAL)

ENERGY POLICY	The Pasadena Independent School District has the responsibility to ensure that every effort is made to conserve energy and natural resources as a component of sound financial management. The implementation of this policy is the joint responsibility of the trustees, administration, teachers, students and support personnel, and its success is based on cooperation at all levels. The district will maintain accurate records of energy consumption and cost of energy. The year 2000-2001 will be the base year. The principal/administrator will be accountable for energy management on his/her campus/facility with annual audits being conducted and conservation program outlines being updated. Judicious use of the various energy systems of each campus will be the joint responsibility of the principal/administrator and head custodian to ensure that an efficient energy posture is maintained on a daily basis. Specific areas of emphasis include: 1. Every employee will be expected to contribute to the practice of energy efficiency in our district. Just as everyone is an energy consumer, everyone is expected to be an energy saver. Campuses should include students in the energy management of their campus. 2. All unnecessary lighting in unoccupied areas will be turned off. This includes hall lighting, classrooms when empty during lunch and recess and other times of the day, mechanical rooms and storage closets, etc. All unnecessary lights will be turned off when students and teachers leave school. Custodians will turn on lights only in the areas in which they are working. Security and safety lighting are considered necessary. 3. Each campus/department will form an energy committee of 3-5 persons responsible for implementing the energy plan for that location. These plans should note specific strategies that location will implement and the involvement of students and their role in energy management. 4. On those campuses where the air conditioning/heating is controlled by the campus, (i.e., the custodian turns on the air and heat each morning) areas not used at the beginning of the school day (cafeteria, auditorium) should be turned on later. The same procedure will be followed in those areas controlled by the HVAC system. 5. The head custodian at each school will be responsible for assuring that the campus/facility is shut down each evening. 6. Energy management on his/her campus/facility will be made a part of the principal's/administrator's annual evaluation.
GENERAL DUTIES	All administrators, teachers, staff members and support staff are participants in the program. The energy program is administered by the Energy Manager under the direct supervision of the Associate Superintendent for Facilities whose primary purpose is to develop and supervise all areas of energy management related to electric, gas and water utilities costs.
GENERAL GUIDELINES	The following energy conservation procedures are to be observed: 1. Thermostats are to be set at 75 degrees for cooling (76 for gyms and dressing room) and 70 degrees for heating. Individual accommodations/modifications will be handled on a case by case basis. 2. All computers and printers are to be turned off at the end of each day. 3. Network Computer Equipment Rooms and Security Camera Rooms must be ventilated. It is the responsibility of the contractor who installed this equipment to ventilate the rooms. 4. After hours activities will be held to a minimum and carefully reviewed to see if the activity could be held at a time when the heating or air conditioning is routinely in use. Where possible, the heating and cooling systems should be turned off prior to the end of the activity. 5. Close individual classroom and office doors. 6. The air conditioning should be turned off each day at 4:45 PM on the elementary and intermediate campuses and 4:00 PM on the high school campuses. The principal/energy committee on a campus may request that the air remain on (for a specified time) two days a week for teachers to work in their rooms or for faculty meetings. Likewise, principals may request the air on in their building for one (two) day(s) before the start of school each year so teachers can prepare their rooms. In those areas where after hour activities are scheduled (music, athletics, extended day) campuses will submit extended run time schedules. Extended day programs will be consolidated to use only a portion of the building that can be separately cooled/heated. 7. Fine arts storage rooms, athletic storage rooms, libraries and book rooms will be ventilated on an individual basis. 8. Air conditioning in portable classrooms and gyms not controlled by energy management shall be turned off each afternoon and then turned on the next morning. Under no circumstances should these units be left on at night, on weekends or during holidays (i.e, Christmas, Spring Break, etc). Custodians must check to ensure this is done. 9. The principal will be responsible to ensure that the custodial staff performs an end-of-day shutdown on Monday through Friday (or the last day of the school week) to make certain that the building is closed or shut down. 10. The exhaust fans in the restrooms should be turned off at the end of each day. 11. Lights in all gymnasiums should not be left on unless the gym is being utilized. 12. All outside lights should be turned off during daylight hours. 13. The district will consolidate its summer programs to conserve energy. 14. The district's rental policy will be annually reviewed by the district energy committee and adjustments made to reflect increased energy costs. This may include free use of the building for in-kind services, but a charge for the air conditioning. 15. Buildings used in the evening by HCDE for Adult Education will be consolidated. Only rooms that can be individually controlled will be used. 16. Exit doors should be adjusted so they do not automatically remain open when they are opened. They should not be propped open. 17. Window coverings should be adjusted to allow the sun's warmth to help heat an area or to keep the heat out of an area. 18. Each campus will keep a log of its building's use; i. e., choir, booster clubs, drama, community events, etc. The purpose of the log will be to record after hour campus activities.