News Release from: City of Beaverton
BEAVERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINS THE CITY IN THE BEAVERTON BETTER BUILDINGS CHALLENGE
Posted: August 28th, 2012 5:21 PM
- City looks for partners to drive energy efficiency, serve as a national model -
The city of Beaverton has joined the Better Buildings Challenge, a Department of Energy (DOE) national leadership program that calls on leaders to reduce their energy use by 20 percent by 2020. The challenge asks corporate chief executives, university presidents, state, local and school district leaders to showcase the solutions they use and the results they achieve.
"The city is pleased to join the Better Buildings Challenge, helping lead the nation to greater energy efficiency, economic growth and a cleaner environment," said Mayor Doyle. "Once our goal is reached, we expect to save more than $60,000 per year on energy costs for city facilities. Saving tax payers money by not wasting energy was an easy decision."
The Beaverton Better Buildings Challenge (Beaverton BBC) is looking for interested businesses, nonprofits, schools, and other institutions to partner and also pledge a 20 percent reduction in energy use by 2020. The Beaverton BBC is a collaboration between the city of Beaverton, U.S. Department of Energy, Portland General Electric, Energy Trust of Oregon, and NW Natural.
Beaverton is the first entity in Oregon and first small city to join the challenge.
In addition, the first Beaverton Better Buildings Challenge participant to join the city is the Beaverton School District, who is committing 1.4 million square feet to the challenge.
"I want to encourage local organizations to make better energy decisions that reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil, protect our environment, and save money," said Mayor Doyle. "Smarter energy choices will leave more funds to be spent on growing local businesses, creating jobs, and investing in new technologies in our community. We are excited to have the Beaverton School District become a participant with us."
Joining is simple--organizations can make the pledge, implement an energy efficiency project, and share their energy consumption results to show your success. By joining the Beaverton Better Buildings Challenge, organizations can receive a free energy consultation available through Portland General Electric and Energy Trust of Oregon.
"Energy efficiency is something the school district values and we have already taken incredible strides to pursue," said Beaverton School District Superintendent Jeff Rose. "By committing to the Beaverton Better Buildings Challenge, we are illustrating our commitment to continuous improvement. We look forward to leading our community to improved energy efficiency."
For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov/BBC or call Stevie Freeman-Montes at 503-526-2474.
ABOUT THE BETTER BUILDINGS CHALLENGE
The Better Buildings Challenge is a national leadership initiative that calls on chief executive officers, university presidents, and state and local leaders to significantly reduce their portfolio wide energy use and share the results of their energy reduction strategies. Launched by President Obama in December of 2011, the goal of the Better Buildings Challenge is to make American commercial and industrial buildings at least 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020. More than 100 organizations, representing almost two billion square feet of commercial and industrial buildings and almost $2 billion in energy efficiency financing, currently partner with the U.S. Department of Energy in the Better Buildings Challenge. For more information, please visit BetterBuildings.ee.gov/Challenge.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Pacific Northwest for three consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency'
s Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofbeaverton.
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