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A Behavior Based Approach

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HISTORY OF CLASS 5
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ENERGY
• Energy consulting firm based in White Bear Lake
• The CLASS 5 Plan was developed in 2002 by Hallberg
Engineering
• Initially designed for K-12 Schools and called the Schools for
Energy Efficiency (SEE) program
• CLASS 5, Inc. was established in 2008 to allow for expansion
into other market segments
• Our program has been adapted for other workplace settings
including offices, higher education and healthcare
• We offer several energy related services: assessments, energy
plan development, energy program development, utility tracking,
consulting and program implementation support. 2

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HOW DOES IT WORK?
• Educating people about why a change
is needed and how it will be achieved.
• Identifying opportunities for both
short- and long-term wins.
• Engaging people and asking them
to do their part.
• Measuring and tracking progress
(using data) toward the goal.
• Communicating and celebrating results.
The Plan incorporates a dynamic, reiterative
change management process that includes:

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WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
- Energy isn’t free, it could run out and we can
help slow/stop that process
- The importance of our daily actions and
choices…saving energy every day
- Being energy efficient reduces Green House
Gasses and our carbon footprint
- Conserving energy saves money, reducing
costs and helping dollars stay in the school

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TODAY WE WILL FOCUS ON
• Educating
• Engaging
• Communicating

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CASE STUDY #1
The Energy Elf
in North Branch:
Becky Leuer

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ENERGY ELF EDUCATION
Read aloud energy related books to your students

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ENERGY ELF ENGAGEMENT
• Create Energy Tip coloring
books and calendars. The
students think of the tips and
illustrate the book
• Surprise classroom visits by
the Energy Elf are you doing
all you can to save energy
right now during your regular
learning?
• Set aside time for energy
related activities: Energy Hog,
game shows, HPG

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ENERGY ELF COMMUNICATION
- The Stall Street
Journal
- Local newspaper
and press
releases

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CASE STUDY #2
Farmington & Mahtomedi:
Anne Anderson – A Veteran Energy Guru

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ANNE EDUCATION
- Student videos: created by High School
students, shown throughout the district
The HULK Says Recycle!
http://youtu.be/-uap5n2vsPg
The Power Rangers Save the Day
http://youtu.be/9Epfi6otXwo

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ANNE ENGAGEMENT
- Energy
week….choose a
week that makes
sense for your
schedule (1st week
back after
holiday/winter break
is when Anne chose)
- Energy Hog: Visits
schools,
classrooms, walks in
the homecoming
parade

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ANNE COMMUNICATION
- Websites highlighting your energy efforts

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CASE STUDY #3
PRIOR LAKE & ROBBINSDALE:
2 district’s, one awesome EEC – Sheri Brunner

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SHERI EDUCATION
Calculate energy costs within your
school building or classroom.
• Use the WATT METER to find
out how much energy your
computers, aquariums or
SMARTboard are using; or
Calculate the number of watts
being used when all of your
lights are on.

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SHERI ENGAGEMENT
- Letter in sustainability:
work with existing green
club to engage older
students and help form a
program where students
could receive a letter in
sustainability
- Turn Earth Day into
Earth Month and
incorporate activities all
month long

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SHERI COMMUNICATION
- Energy blog:
community
outreach
- Monthly energy
trivia: newsletter
focused on
different themes
and fun facts
each month

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ONE GREAT IDEA PER MONTH!
From the CLASS 5 Energy K-12 Student Engagement guide:
SEPTEMBER: Take an energy pledge! Create a pledge for your
classroom, have all of your students sign it. Post the pledge on the
wall
OCTOBER: It’s Energy Awareness month! Go “unplugged” for a day
– teach without using any technology. Turn out the lights if you can,
or use minimal lighting. Encourage your whole building to have an
energy free day – serve cold lunch, shut down computers and unplug
electronics
NOVEMBER: Get students involved in announcements. Most
schools have daily or weekly PA or video announcements – have
your students write and announce energy tips this month

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DECEMBER: Season’s Greenings! Make your own wrapping paper this
year. Bring in newspaper, old sheet music, art work, paper bags to
decorate and cloth scraps to make gift wrap
JANUARY: Perform a classroom waste and energy audit. Evaluate how
much trash your class accumulates, how much of that you recycle –
or should recycle – what uses energy in your classroom and where
energy could be conserved
FEBRUARY: Create energy awareness tip to distribute to other classes
or hang around the school – bookmarks or posters are two fun
projects that can be incorporated into art or literacy
MARCH: Bring energy conservation home – during Spring break, have
students do home energy audits
ONE GREAT IDEA PER MONTH!

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APRIL: Earth Day all month! Make recycled material sculpture
art and display it around your classroom – or the building
MAY: Look ahead to next year. Revisit your energy pledge.
Write a goal for how each of you will continue to conserve
energy through the summer and during next school year
JUNE: Do a campus clean up! A great way to end the school
year is to get outside and clean up your school grounds
before everyone leaves for the summer. Talk about recycling,
pollution and how litter related to being “green”
ONE GREAT IDEA PER MONTH!

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BEYOND EARTH DAY
There are many
environmentally
friendly holidays
throughout the year –
choose one per month
to help focus on
sustainability in your
classroom!
Download the calendar here:
www.class5energy.com/blog/beyond-earth-day/

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GET PEOPLE INVOLVED
• Talk to your facilities people – ask what we can do
differently in our classroom
• Saving energy takes a team – what you do in your
classroom makes a difference!
• Saving energy does not need to be painful or time
consuming (lights, monitors, shades, SMARTboards)
• The drops in the bucket DO add up
• A little competition can go a long way – and add to the
fun! Other grades, classrooms or buildings
• Organics/feed the pigs – your kitchen and food
service staff

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EVERY DAY, YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS SHOULD:
1. Shut off lights every time you leave a room
2. Turn off computers, monitors, radios, smart
boards, TVs, etc.
3. Close shades or blinds at the end of each
day to help keep cold air out; open during the
day to let in light and heat
4. Keep vents clear to maintain air flow
5. Dress in layers

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What will you do to educate,
engage and communicate
energy efficiency in your
classroom next year?

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OUR CONTACT INFO
Amy Harker Ann Arney
aharker@class5energy.com aarney@class5energy.com
651.783.5642 651.783.5637
This presentation is available right now online at :
www.class5energy.com/blog/engaging-students-in-energy-
efficiency-a-behavior-based-approach