K-12 Energy Benchmarking Project - Educational Consultant 2024-2025

Applications are closed for the 2024-2025 school year. 

The K-12 Energy Benchmarking Project will take you and your students on an energy-efficiency investigation of your school building using professional energy-auditing equipment. Explore the Project Overview, Lessons, Tool Spreadsheet, Equipment Guide, and the standards this project meets. Use the red buttons below to learn more and see if this project is right for you and your students! This project can be completed in as short as 2-3 weeks, or longer if you want to take a deep dive into your school's energy use. The Benchmarking Project is intended for students in 6th-12th grade.

Project Overview      Tool Spreadsheet Equipment Guide  NGSS Spreadsheet 

Educators involved in the K-12 Energy Benchmarking Project can earn $750 in consulting fees! Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 school year.

Requirements to earn $750:

  • Apply using the form at the bottom of this page by July 31, 2024 (originally May 15, 2024).
  • Complete the Energy Baseline and Usage form and submit at least 12 months of the school's electricity and natural gas bills by September 6, 2024 (Email bills to ksenergyprog@ksu.edu).
  • Attend an in-person workshop in Manhattan, KS on September 11, 2024 (reimbursements provided for lunch, travel, and a substitute).
  • Complete Lessons 1-5 and at least one type of audit (under lesson #6). See lessons and the three types of audits below.
  • Submit feedback forms after each lesson, attend at least one virtual group discussion, and submit a project survey by May 15, 2025. Equipment will be picked up by the end of the school year.
  • Students complete a pre- and post-assessment before the first lesson and after the last lesson by May 15, 2025, respectively.

Limited spots are available, and preference will be given to school districts that have not participated previously and to the first teacher in each school district. Applications for the 2024-2025 school year are due by July 31, 2024.  Applicants will be notified of the results by August 7, 2024. Consulting fees will be paid out by June 30, 2025.

Benchmarking Project Sponsor:

NORESCO, a part of Carrier Global Corporation, helps clients decarbonize, modernize, and electrify aging infrastructure to be more sustainable and resilient. By deploying innovative distributed energy, storage, energy efficiency, and renewable energy solutions, NORESCO improves the health and efficiency of existing campuses, buildings, and communities. To date, NORESCO has guaranteed more than $5 billion in energy and operating cost savings at more than 10,000 facilities. For more information, visit www.noresco.com.