An energy savings performance contract between Grant County Board of Education and the engineering firm CMTA resulted in energy upgrades to all four schools in the district.
This article covers a ceremony held in The Culture Center at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, WV in October 2023 recognizing West Virginia public school districts awarded grants by the Coalfield Solar Fund.
Calhoun County Schools was awarded a competitive grant of $75,000 to incentivize a total of 750 kilowatts of solar power generating capacity at three campuses.
Berkeley County Board of Education, in Martinsburg, WV, partnered with the consulting engineering firm CMTA to renovate 35 buildings in the district, including seven schools that received new geothermal HVAC systems.
Barbour County’s Junior Elementary, named a 2019 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School, provides a model for its “innovative practices surrounding health and wellness, environmental impact and sustainability education.”
Started in response to student demand, Marshall University Sustainability Department promotes sustainability and efficiency on campus and in the community, encouraging everyone to “Be Marshall Green”
Experts at the West Virginia University (WVU) Solar Power Test Site in Fairmont, WV are studying questions related to battery storage, electric grid integration, grid performance and cybersecurity related to solar power.
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action’s Youth Climate Ambassadors Program is empowering the next generation of climate leaders in the Mid-Ohio Valley
RIdgeview Elementary School in Sophia, WV is considered a Zero Energy Building, which “mean[s] that the school can produce more net energy than it uses if additional solar panels are added.”
