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~ ~~ ~ ~ s~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ Like many otherschool`districts around the country.with growing numbers of students and decreasing budgets, the Twin Falls school disf~ict began searching for creative ways to reduce costs. School officials realized that the district could reduce energy costs and cut pollution by increasing the energy efficiencyof its 11 schools. The upgrades included more efficient lighting and improvements to the heating, ventilation, and'air conditioning sys toms. The upgrades are expected to generate $3.5 million in'energy savings: In an innovative financing agreement, the school district signed an energysavings perform- `ante contract with Minnesota-based Honeywell Corporation. Under a performance con- !tract, a private'company pays to make energy efficient improvements and is then >-eim- ' bursed with the money saved through lov;rer energy. bills over the lifetime of theproject. According to Dr. John Miller, the Director of Operations for theTwin Falls School District, the ' performance contractgave the schoo(district"the capital to accomplish in months, what would have no~mally,fiaken us a decade to complete because ofbndgetconstraints:` LEARN MORE The Twin Falls school district project Web site is available at newsiteschoolfaci l ities.comJcd_1695:a spx ~~ ' ~ ................ Cool CITIES i o ! ~- ~~~ During the long, cold Minnesota winters, the i; .. ~. -. a majority of the buildings in downtown Saint Paul ~' t. ~ ; z stay warm using District Energy's energy-efficient ~ I~I'~p ',: ~ ~~ ...combined heatand power (CHP) system. Provid ~~ I ~~ ` i T~~ a ~~y~,1 f 4 l ~_ 31 p~ l r ~ Ong electricity to the grid and heatingservice to ~ ~ ~, ~' ~ ~ ~ ~i7 s~ more than SO percent of downtown Saint Paul ~ ' ` '-~' ~ ~ i ~ ~~~ ~ 3 "i ; a - I and ad"acent areas, includin the Minnesota State r -~ ~ ~tt'~1 ~~.~~I~~~'t~"~ f~;,~ ~ ~ Capitol and nearly 300 homes; he system uses _- T. _= , i , _ L~~ neat drawn from a biomass fired power plant r ~ U A -- ~ - r ~ s _ ~~ k a N_.~ ~.. _ ~- t - ~s - ' lncated' in the heart of the city. ' e f ~i i _~ ~ ~ rte,,'®~ ; _ - ,~~` , ~.~__ ~ ~ '' , {. ~ ,By using a renewable resource as its primary fuel ~ ~ A ,~ffi~_ ~ ~~ .~ . I and by capturing ambient heat that would other- ~ ,~, ' ~` ~~ ~~, r_ _ ~; -~4 ;, .wise have been wasted, 5t. Paul's CHP system ~ ~' f '_ ~ ' u ~ -f ~ ,_~ -=~' ~ ~ _rt1 _ ~~ y. - ~~ ~ _ ~ ~ retluces overall energy consumption; costs, and ~ " ~ - - ~ __ pollution. , _ _ f~ _ ~r ,~ -'~ - ~ - - ~ , ~~ r LEARN MORE ~~` T ~ Details of Saint Paul'sCHP system are available at -` ~''~ :. ~~~', ~ ~'_. ~ _,-~ ~x ~~~ ~districtenergy.comlcurrentactivitieslchp.html ': '' ~ ~~~ ~ ~i~' ~: ' ', f i '~; ~ ~~ ~: ",. -' ~~ f~ { '! / 5~ - Heatand Power- By producing both heat and electricity from one power plant, the District Energy plant helps save money and cut pollution.