Greening Canada’s K-12 Schools
As a program participant, you can:
• Use the online Green Building Performance System to help maximize energy, water and emissions savings in your buildings
• Benchmark actual energy and water use against comparable schools
• Engage your staff and students in the performance and progress of your buildings
• Assess the potential for LEED EB:OM certification for your buildings
• Access and contribute to performance standards, baselines and best practices for school buildings
• Make use of the Building Performance Audit to uncover conservation opportunities

Making Savings
  Savings 2011
(vs. 2010)
Savings Percent Savings 2011
(vs. 2009)
Savings Percent
Electricity 478 MWh 2.7 % 636 MWh 3.5 %
Demand 2 MW 3.9 % 0 MW 0.9 %
Thermal 2,468 eMWh 5.9 % 978 eMWh 2.4 %
Total energy 2,945 eMWh 4.9 % 1,613 eMWh 2.8 %
Water 1 10m3 8.3 % 1 10m3 6.9 %
Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) 402 tonnes 75 tonnes
Energy Cost Savings $ 131,279 $ 96,673
Not all participant buildings are reporting in all years or in all categories. Savings are reported on a net basis.
Results as of December 31, 2011
numbers in ( ) are increases
What's new?
Using the system, you can view total carbon emissions for your organization and for each your participating buildings. Go to Benchmark report and select Data type: GHG equivalent, Units: tonnes.
Participants
Ontario Number of boards: 9 Number of buildings: 77
British Columbia Number of boards: 5 Number of buildings: 91
Alberta Number of boards: 4 Number of buildings: 40
Newfoundland and Labrador Number of boards: 3 Number of buildings: 30
Nova Scotia Number of boards: 1 Number of buildings: 10
Quebec Number of boards: 1 Number of buildings: 1
Saskatchewan Number of boards: 8 Number of buildings: 78
Yukon Number of boards: 1 Number of buildings: 3
Total number of boards: 32 Total number of buildings: 330