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Projects Improve Energy Efficiency
A pair of energy efficiency projects under way during summer 2017 are helping Woodberry Forest lower its electricity usage and power bills. Supported by a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Woodberry is for the first time installing individual power meters on dormitories and academic buildings. The duPont grant of $36,000 covers half the cost of the project, with Woodberry paying the balance.
“With these meters we will be able to do a thorough analysis of where we might be using too much energy and how we can reduce our energy consumption,” says Kenny Deane, Woodberry’s assistant treasurer.
Since electricity first came to Woodberry more than 100 years ago, the school’s dorms and academic buildings have been metered collectively. This made it virtually impossible to determine how much power Anderson Hall used compared to Hanes Hall, for example.
The new meters will allow accurate tracking of electricity use by building, giving the facilities office, and science classes, valuable data for research and energy savings initiatives.
Woodberry also installed new LED lights in the Dick Gym, along with motion sensors; the motion sensors cut the lights off after thirty minutes of inactivity. These new lights and motion sensors are similar to fixtures that were installed in Anderson Hall and Armfield Hall last summer.
These projects complement the work Woodberry did during the construction of Kenan Hall and the Manning Family Science Building, both of which use energy far more efficiently than older school buildings. The school is also working to reduce electricity and heating oil use by increasing insulation, replacing windows, and taking other energy-efficient steps during the ongoing renovation of the Walker Building.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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