Press Release - Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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Lt. Gov. and President Lincoln re-enactor congratulate 200 energy-efficient Illinois students
Springfield - Today, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn congratulated students and teachers from schools across Illinois who participated in EnergyNet - a program that turns students into energy detectives who explore their schools to find ways to save energy.
"We salute the students and teachers who worked hard to learn about energy conservation and applied those lessons to finding commonsense ways to save tax-payer dollars by making their schools more energy efficient," Quinn said.
Lt. Governor Quinn's office awarded the EnergyNet program a $10,000 grant to fund the energy-efficient learning program for nine of the Illinois schools participating.
Soon after, students from East St. Louis to Rockford were conducting energy audits of their schools and developing plans to better conserve energy. At the John F. Kennedy School in Spring Valley, a fourth-grade detective team known as the Energy Blunder Breakers are investigating the school's energy practices. And students at Abingdon High School are developing a wind farm to provide electricity to a consortium of area schools and businesses.
"These students are learning how to improve their environment while making a difference in the community," Quinn said. "We challenge the students here today to continue using the skills they have learned, and in so doing they will inspire others to make wise energy choices."
The schools participating in the 2005-2006 EnergyNet program include:
Abingdon High School, Abingdon John F. Kennedy Elementary, Spring Valley
Centralia High School, Centralia Meridian Middle School, Blue Mound
Clay City Middle School, Clay City Proviso East High School, Maywood
Danville High School, Danville Rhodes School, River Grove
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, Chicago River Grove School, River Grove
First United Methodist Church, Champaign St. Patrick Catholic School, Springfield
Fisher High School, Fisher Streamwood High School, Streamwood
GCMS High School, Gibson City Tomorrows Builders Charter School, East St. Louis
Keith School, Rockford
For more information and tips about how to conserve energy, visit www.BlackoutSolutions.org.
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