Daniel-Taylor (DT) Wells
District Athletic Director
SCS Receives Sustained Excellence Award
Scott County Schools is proud to announce that it has received the 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year—Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for [years] in a row.
The Sustained Excellence award is the highest honor bestowed by the ENERGY STAR program. Winners are part of a distinguished group that has made a long-term commitment to fighting climate change and protecting public health through energy efficiency. They are among the nation’s leaders in driving value for the environment, the economy, and the American people.
“We are so proud that each of our schools is ENERGY STAR certified,” commented DT Wells, SCS energy manager. “We have nearly doubled our score since 2010 and are thrilled to again receive the Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award. This award represents a combined effort of students and staff to conserve energy and protect the environment which has resulted in significant yearly savings for Scott County Schools.”
“ENERGY STAR award-winning partners are showing the world that delivering real climate solutions makes good business sense and promotes job growth,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Many of them have been doing it for years, inspiring all of us who are committed to tackling the climate crisis and leading the way to a clean energy economy.”
Winners are selected from a network of thousands of ENERGY STAR partners. For a complete list of 2022 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR’s awards program, visit here .
Congratulations to Elkhorn Crossing School for winning the November 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award! This month we had some
BIG numbers on the board with Garth, Stamping Ground, and Western all with over 20% of reduction!
Congratulations to Royal Spring Middle School for winning the October 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award
with a reduction of 57.9%! Coming in a close second Anne Mason Elementary had a reduction of 44.2%!
Congratulations to Lemons Mill Elementary for winning the September 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award!
Congratulations to Elkhorn Crossing school for their incredible energy savings month! With a savings of 62% ECS is the August Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award Winner!
Congratulations to the GCHS Athletic Facility for winning the July 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award. A
big shout out to Eastern Elementary, SCHS ATC, and ECS for having a reduction of OVER 20%!
Congratulations to AME and GCHS Athletic Facility for winning the June 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award with an AMAZING 47.6% of energy savings!!!
Congratulations to the GCHS Athletic Facility for winning the Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award for the month of May! It was also great to see Elkhorn Crossing School with a HUGE reduction of over 20%!
Congratulations to Eastern Elementary School for winning the April 2022 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award!
Congratulations again go to the GCHS Athletics Facility for having a 33.5% energy reduction for the month of March and winning the Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award for back-to-back months! Also a huge shout out to RSMS and AME for reducing energy by more than 20% in March!!
Congratulations to the GCHS Athletic Facility for winning the February Jim McClanahan Energy Savings Award! RSMS, ECS, and Western Elementary also had a HUGE energy savings month saving over 20%!
Congratulations to Creekside for winning the January Jim McClanahan Energy Savings Award! We were extremely
happy to see more green popping up on our energy savings report! We had six facilities with and energy savings of 15%
or greater this month!!
Congratulations to Western Elementary for winning the December Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award.
Congratulations to Phoenix Horizon Community for winning the November Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award
with an energy reduction of 29.5%. Not far behind PHC is Southern and Northern both of which had OVER 20% reduction!
Congratulations to Elkhorn Crossing School for winning the October 2021 Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award!
Congratulations to Elkhorn Crossing School for winning the Jim McClanahan Energy Savings Award for the month of September with a 6% reduction. Hang with us as we wade through comparing numbers to previous years as these numbers are compared to last year at the same time when we were not doing in person schooling!
Congratulations to Northern Elementary for winning the Jim McClanahan Energy Savings Award for August with a 17.9% reduction!
With 10 facilities in the GREEN we have had our best month in the last six months! Stamping Ground led the way with an energy savings of 27% compared to 2020! Congratulations to Stamping Ground Elementary for winning the August 2021 Jim McClanahan Energy Savings Award!
Congratulations to Scott County High School for an INCREDIBLE energy reduction month in March! SCHS was able to reduce their energy usage by 20.6%!
Congratulations to Phoenix Horizon Community for winning the February Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Challenge with a reduction of 33.6%. Eight Scott County Schools Facilities experienced a reduction of energy usage in the month of February!
Congratulations to Scott county High School for winning the January Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Challenge with a reduction of 29.5%.
Congratulations to Stamping Ground Elementary School for winning the Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction December Challenge with a reduction of 39.9%!
Scott County High School had an energy reduction of 40% in comparison to November 2019 usage!
Congratulations to GMS for a reduction of 52.8% for October!
September was a huge energy savings month for the district with a collective savings of 35.6%!
Great Crossing High School Back-to-Back Energy Reduction Champs!
GCHS won its first ever Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award, July 2020.
Scott County High School had a energy reduction of 69.4% in the month of June!
Eastern Elementary had an energy reduction of 69.7% in May!
Phoenix Horizon Community had a reduction in April of 48.7%!!!!
Scott County High School won the January, February, AND March Reduction Award!
Eastern Elementary School won the December Challenge with a reduction of 26%.
Eastern won the November Challenge with a reduction of 34%!
Stamping Ground Elementary bring home the October Banner!
Students from the Phoenix Horizon Community display the September Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Banner!
Northern Elementary celebrated their return to energy dominance
with a pizza party!
Northern Elementary was the August 2019 Award Winners. Pictured above Ms. Elizabeth Cook and
the Northern Elementary Student Led Energy Team,
The Athletic Training Center won the April and May Jim McClanahan Energy Reduction Award.
March 2019 Royal Spring Middle School Energy Team Leader Sarah White, Principal John Noll. and RSMS
students were very intentional about addressing major changes to reduce energy usage at RSMS!!
February 2019 Cardinal Academy Educator Seth Jones and students proudly display the reduction banner!
January 2019 (L-R) Elizabeth Cook (Northern's Energy Reduction Faculty Representative, the Northern Elementary Student Energy Team, and Northern's Principal Rachelle Schjoll
Congratulations to the following schools for receiving the Green Ribbon School Award: Georgetown Middle School, Northern Elementary, Royal Spring Middle School, Eastern Elementary, Stamping Ground Elementary and Garth Elementary.
Western's student led Energy Team enjoys a pizza party for winning the October Energy Reduction Award!
