Energy Star is getting closer to mixing Energy Education with Efficiency

Just saw this from the good folks at “Curriculum Matters”
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2009/09/ener.html

The closest program like ours

Or rather we might say we are close to theirs.

This New Zealand program has a lot to offer:
http://www.schoolgen.co.nz/default.aspx

TAMU Engineering Weekly Coverage

We were honored to have some coverage in our College’s newsletter:

http://engineering.tamu.edu/news/index.php/2009/06/

Building Solar/Hydrogen Cars

NREL has a very developed curriculum for education, and we will leverage it in the future.  For now, we don’t do cars.  When we do:

http://www.nrel.gov/education/jss_hfc.html

FSEC reaches out with EnergyWhiz Olympics!

Florida has developed an exiting program with some similarities with our program in Texas.  I like the spring fair aspect and am impressed by the huge number of students.  I suppose when we post on executing use of the Kit at the 8th grade career fair our numbers will look good too (about 800).  All the same, I hope they blog more on their events, I’m curious to know what worked and what didn’t.

The Energy Olympics Site:

http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/k-12/events/ewhiz_olympics.htm

Ahah, Wisconsin’s EE School Program

Similiar to, but not quite what we are doing.

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/index.htm