The squeeze is on for schools. Budgets have been slashed. Energy prices have gone through the roof. Most schools spend more money on energy than on books and supplies. In fact, the cost of energy is second only to salaries.

Below you will find excepts of several studies and reports which document the effects of soaring energy costs on schools throughout the U.S.

Effects of Energy Needs and Expenditures on U.S. Public Schools
for the Dept of Education
by the National Center for Education Statistics

The average school district budgeted $176 per pupil for FY 02 energy needs, or a 6 percent increase over what it actually spent in FY 01. This $24 per pupil increase over FY 01 budgeted costs translated into an increase of about $1 billion in expected costs.

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Windows and Classrooms:
A Study of Student Performance and the Indoor Environment
By: Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
Lisa Heschong, Project Director
for the California Energy Commission