About the Program
Energy Revealed is a pilot program exploring ways to make energy visible in schools. Whether you are using installed energy metering technology, plug in energy metering technology or no technology at all – this program will help students become energy efficient experts.
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Benefits Students
Empowers students to become energy efficiency experts and future energy managers.
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Benefits the School
Drives down the use of utilities and helps the schools achieve savings on monthly bills.
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Benefits the Community
Contributes to local energy efficiency initiatives and heightens awareness amongst citizens.
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Benefits the Environment
Helps save and protect the environment for all by helping to reduce Greenhouse Gases.
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Energy Revealed in Action
Join the community of educators that are committed to reduce energy in schools while providing a fun, engaging and curriculum driven experience!
Student Learning Activities
Teachers please visit the Teacher Resources page to access the courses.
All About the Baseline (Student)
Establish trends in your school's energy use.
Can You Observe How to Conserve? (Student)
Research a chosen topic on how conserving energy will impact the school.
Community Walk (Student)
Go on a walk to think about energy use in your community.
Electronic Overload (Student)
Investigate how much energy it takes to keep your daily technology working.
Energy Audit (Student)
Conduct a general energy audit of the school to better understand your school's energy use.
Energy Hogs (Student)
Investigate which electrical devices are using the most energy (being an energy hog).
Extra Energy Investigation (Student)
Investigate the energy usage of an identified device in the school that you don’t normally think about.
Find the Phantom Load (Student)
Students will understand what a phantom load is and which device has the largest phantom load.
How Smart is Your Smart Board? (Student)
Investigate and understand the energy use of your interactive whiteboard.
Imagination Station (Student)
Investigate and analyze a chosen topic based on the energy metering technology.
Science Slam (Student)
Investigate and explain a sustainability measure of your choice while presenting your information in a creative and dynamic measure.
Small Appliance Energy Reliance (Student)
Investigate the energy usage of regular, every day small appliances.
Speak for the Trees (Student)
Investigate energy use and relate it to the amount of trees absorbing CO2.
Start Me Up! (Student)
Investigate the energy usage of laptops within the school.
Take a Look (Student)
Investigate both the energy metering hardware and software to get a full understanding of how the technology works and what it does. .
Total Energy VS Total Cost (Student)
Calculate how much energy an identified object expends.
Understanding Energy Efficiency in Your School (Student)
Research a chosen topic to understand the impact of your school’s energy use.
Watchers and Seekers (Student)
Investigate the energy use in the area being monitored by the technology and compare it to real time energy use.