Montgomery County Public Schools School Energy and Recycling Team

1. Montgomery County Public SchoolsSchool Energy and Recycling Team Sustainable Schools LEA FACILITY PLANNERS MEETING Thursday, May 2, 2013 Paint Branch High School It’s your world…choose to conserve.

2. Balancing social, economic, and environmental systems, to benefit and protect our future can be achieved by considering the effects of our decisions, purchases, plans, and practices. • Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. • http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm. Sustainability Principle

3. 2013 ED-Green Ribbon Schools: Cedar Grove Elementary School Summit Hall Elementary School Two of 54 public schools awarded federal Green Ribbon School Award. (10 privates) 2013 Green District Award: Montgomery County Public Schools One of 14 districts awarded 2012 ED-Green Ribbon Schools: Francis Scott Key Middle School One of 78 winning schools US Department of Education Green Ribbon Program

4. Environmental stewards strive to sustain natural resources and our environment for future generations. Stewardship

5. School Energy and Recycling Team The mission of the School Energy and Recycling Team (SERT) program is to significantly reduce energy and water consumption and increase recycling rates system wide through: sustainability training and education; incentives, recognition, and award programs for conservation; accessible energy, water, and recycling data; individual sustainability programs for energy and environmental investigation-based learning opportunities; and conservationoperations and procedures.

6. School Energy and Recycling Team (SERT)—MCPS recognizes that significant energy savings can be achieved when school-based staff and students engage in responsible energy behavior. Engaging Occupants In our schools: The SERT program educates and supports the efforts of school-based teams in all schools to reduce energy consumption and increase recycling.

7. Activity Packets • Welcome to SERT • Energy Audit • Elementary Integrated Curriculum 2.0 • Read Alouds, assemblies, videos, activities ,and games Contests • Watt’s Up? Power to Save Poster (K-8) • Lead by Example: Energy and Recycling Awareness Campaign (6-12) • Recycling Spirit (secondary) School Resources Northwest HS wins Recycling Spirit Contest

8. MCPS SERT Website Valuable Resources: Data Activities Best Practices News SERT Flash Forms Recycling Achievements Contests Posters Flyers Twitter - SERTMCPS SERT_Info@mcpsmd.org

9. Energy and Recycling Data Awards are granted based on performance and demonstrated savings

10. Energy Cost Avoidance (kWh)

11. SERT Data www.greenschoolsfocus.org

12. Carbon Footprint Reduction

13. Recycling Responsibly

14. Exterior recycling bins provide opportunities to recycle outside of the building for staff, students, and community users. Interior recycling stations provide students, staff, and community users with comprehensive station which allows all building users to make the right choice. Interior and Exterior Recycling

15. Environmental Science • Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math • K-12 • K-Describe observable changes in water on the surface of the Earth • 3-Recognize and explain how Earth’s natural resources from the natural environment are used to meet human needs • 3-Explain that some of natural resources are limited and need to be used wisely • Outdoor Education Program – collaborative relationships • Contests and activities that tie into curriculum • Lead-by-Example (8th Grade) • Watts Up? (K-12) • Recycling Spirit (6-12) • Like-minded community partnerships Curriculum

16. Incorporating SunEdison solar direct connect site to study amount of energy produced on MCPS schools. • High school students are learning about site design and sustainability • Lead by Example – Contest used in 8th grade classrooms • SGA and Green Teams in all schools Environmental Science

17. User-Friendly Interface

18. Decision making—social impacts • Natural Capitalism – incorporating the environment impacts of business and services • Recycling • Water conservation • Relationships that underlie the systems of the natural and physical world • Innovations assessed through technological literacy • Engineering developing green portable classroom lesson • Science – carbon and water cycle – imbalances? • Technology allows innovations to be tested – cutting edge Curriculum Connections

19. Commit and dedicate • Brand it – plan it– present it – talk about it – publish it – incentivize participation • Create credibility to receive buy-in and commitment from the top • Establish buy-in from front line employees • (easier, more-productive, less waste) • Know peoples’ motivators • Reward and recognize sustainable efforts • Integrate sustainability into the curriculum Systemwide Strategies Recycled Content Playground Paint Branch High School

20. Education and Awareness Maryland Association of Environmental Outdoor Education (MAEOE) Green Schools SERT is a certified “Green Center” SERT provides support to schools applying for Green School Certification with: • Professional Development • Community Partnerships • Best Management Practices • Conservation classroom activities, lessons, and outreach

21. Hillary Kirchman SERT Program Manager MCPS Department of Facilities Management 240-314-1092 Hillary_H_Kirchman@mcpsmd.org Solar Powered Water Fountain Back-to-School Fair 2011 Hydroponic Gardens Paint Branch High School