Texas districts pressed to cut energy use

Oct. 9, 2007
New law requires school systems to reduce energy consumption over the next six years.

A new law in Texas requires school districts and other public agencies to adopt a goal of cutting their electricity use by 5 percent a year for six years. It has schools scrambling to find ways to cut energy use. Many have started by dimming the lights and keeping an eagle eye on the thermostat, but at least one small-town school district is worried that it could be forced to limit community groups' usage of campus buildings in order to meet that goals.

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