introducation to watt watchers presentation

8/9/2019 Introducation to Watt Watchers Presentation

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Sponsored by:

The State Energy Conservation Office,

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and

The United States Department of Energy.

Watt Watchers of Texas


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Watt Watchers is a free,

state-sponsoredprogram to help schooldistricts save energyand money by getting

students involved.


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World Energy Use

For the past century, global energygrowth marched in lockstep with theeconomic growth. Energy use

increased 400% to accommodate adoubling of world population andquadrupling of Gross World Product.

The world now consumes the equivalent of

175 Million barrels of oil each day.Equal to

85,000 gallonsof gasoline

each second!Source: Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable

Technology



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Schools in Texas spend

over $450 Million everyyear to light, heat, and

cool buildings.

~25% is wasted

Source: State Energy Conservation Office


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Turning out the lights at lunch and after school

Saves $50 per classroom over a 180 school year

If every classroom in Texas participated -- $14 Million saved

The $50 bill Yours to Keep or Yours to Pay!



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Its Simple

Its Easy

Its Effective

Its Fun

It has a big impact


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Free kit

Everything you need

Get started right away

Binders

Lanyards

Name Badges

Pencils

Tickets Patrol check sheets

Agreements

CD-Rom

Program Manual


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Watt Watchersof Texas

Keep recordsTrack your WW program

Start in Stealth Mode

Identify best class


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Use tickets in kit

Design your own

Laminate permanent

Dont forget Thank Yous


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Stealth Watt Watchers

I

f you dont know whereyou started, how willyou know how far you

have come.


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Did you say we would get a prize???.Send this to Watt Watchers And we will send you



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Students get Certificateof Achievement

Zero Hero Awards

Most Improved Award

Sponsors receiveservice award yearly


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Five Year Service Pins

Watt Watchers are dedicated

About 1500 have been awarded

5 year pins


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Newspaper published 3times per year

16-24 pages, 11x17 tabloidFull color

Annual circulation 25,000

Mailed to all sponsors

Photo of CD-ROM,Newpapers,


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Teachers Watt Watchers

Students love Watt Watchers, too

Students learn a valuable lesson to carry throughout life

You will change the world for the better


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K-12 Lesson Plans

Correlated to the Texas

Essential Knowledge andSkills (TEKS) and the Texas

Assessment of Knowledgeand Skills (TAKS)

Broad Subject Range

Math, Science, SocialStudies, Language Arts,Writing etc.


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Traveling Energy ExplorationStations are available forteachers to check out and use intheir classrooms forFREE!

Similar to discovery boxes

Correlated to the TexasEssential Knowledge and Skills(TEKS) and the TexasAssessment of Knowledge and

Skills (TAKS)The stations include a wide

variety of materials that can beused by the teacher or as acenter for the students.


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Upper Elementary and Middleschool students are invited todesign, build and race Junior

Solar Sprint (JSS) cars.The small model cars

powered entirely by solar energyand steered by wires are builtas team efforts guided byteachers.

The students race their cars

against one another.


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An Energy Encounter is a

one day event to provide lotsof information, ideas, andexcitement about energyprojects for students, teachersand administrators.


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The Real Projects is a tool toassist High School Student

Groups in doing real projects withreal results. The handbook has

project ideas that include vendingmachine audits, classroomlighting audits, change a lightcampaign, mentoring a WattWatchers program and much

more.


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The computers in yourschool are wasting energy.

You can help your schoolsave money.

Implement computer monitorpower management.


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Watt Watchers wants you to takeaction and start Talking Trash at yourschool! Too much paper is put into

the trash can it should be placed ina recycling bin that is emptied

regularly.


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Enrolled programs

High Schools

Middle Schools & Junior Highs

Elementary

Every School Can Be aWatt Watchers School!

Who does the programat your school?


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Photo of phone/fax, CD-ROM, Newpapers,website image

Check out our Website

All program materials

Get our e-Mail Updates

wattwatchers.org


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1-888-US WATTS

[email protected]

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