Resources for Schools/Campuses | Conserve North Texas

This list shows all resources relevant to Colleges, ISDs, Schools, and other educational campuses.

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

LEED certifies that any type of building (residential, commercial, industrial) is considered resource-efficient.

www.usgbc.org

Local Energy Action Search

The Local Energy Action Search provides a customized list of actions to inform community leaders' energy decisions.

apps1.eere.energy.gov

Los Angeles, California - Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit

The Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit transformed a typical residential street into a model "green street" by incorporating stormwater best management practices (BMPs) that capture and filter runoff from a 40-acre area.

Managing Overabundant Urban Wildlife to Protect Water Quality Webinar – NCTCOG

The webinar provides useful tips for the management of urban wildlife to protect water quality.

www.youtube.com

NAACP- Reclaiming Our Water 2023 Earth Day Presentation

To bring awareness to water quality and water supply issues impacting Black communities.

www.youtube.com

National Climate Assessment

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration- Climate Resilience in Your Community Activity Book

To educate students grades 3-8 about the impacts climate change can have on their communities.

www.noaa.gov

National Solar Jobs Census

The National Solar Jobs Census analyzes current employment, trends, and projected growth in the U.S. solar industry.

www.thesolarfoundation.org

National Solar Schools Census

The National Solar Schools Census highlights schools that have already adopted solar technology in an effort to promote the sharing of ideas and best practices with those schools currently seeking to adopt solar energy.

www.thesolarfoundation.org

National Water Prediction Service (NWPS)

The National Weather Prediction Service serves as an interactive, centralized gateway to the ever-expanding library of water data and forecast information.

water.noaa.gov

Natural Capital Project

The Natural Capital Project develops nature-based solutions to various environmental challenges and encourages natural capital investments.

www.naturalcapitalproject.org

NCTCOG Environment and Development YouTube Channel

The North Central Texas Council of Governments Environment and Development Department's YouTube channel. Educational explainer videos, webinar presentations, and other video resources are posted here.

www.youtube.com

NCTCOG Whitepaper: Texas’ Mandated Local Government Energy Reduction Goal: Challenges and Best Practices

NCTCOG's Trash Free Waters Project Webpage

This website contains information about NCTCOG's Trash Free Waters Project as well as details on upcoming and past events related to the project.

www.nctcog.org

North Central Texas Green Infrastructure Guidebook, May 2017

This guide was created to help city engineers, planners, developers, decision-makers, and other transportation and development professionals assess their choices when integrating green infrastructure practices into the roadway, sidewalk, parking lot, and trail projects.

www.nctcog.org

North Texas Municipal Water District Water Conservation Intiatives

Conservation and water reuse are critical ways North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) manages a finite supply of water. NTMWD is relying on water conservation as the soure for nearly one-quarter of the future water supplies for their customers.

www.ntmwd.com

On-Site Sewage Facility Educational Social Media Toolkit

This toolkit was created by NCTCOG for outreach purposes and to educate the public on proper OSSF maintenance.

www.nctcog.org

Parksmart

ParkSmart certifies sustainable parking structure design and operation.

parksmart.gbci.org

Pet Waste - Doo the Right Thing!

NCTCOG's regional campaign to reduce the health risks and water quality issues associated with pet waste.

www.nctcog.org

Plano, Texas - Green Business Certification

The City of Plano's Green Business Certification (GBC) program recognizes businesses that have taken steps toward sustainability in the areas of general education, waste reduction, energy efficiency, water efficiency, pollution prevention, and sustainable purchasing.

Plano, Texas - Water Conservation Rebate Program

The Water Conservation Rebate Program offers rebates to residents who install rain/freeze sensors, high efficiency toilets, and pressure reducing values.

Plano, Texas - Water Wise Landscape Tour

The Water Wise Landscape Tour is an annual educational tour of residential homes with drought-tolerant, native, and adapted landscapes. The tour is free of charge to residents to visit homes.

Plumbing Repairs and Tutorials

Basic plumbing repair and tutorials, available to the public.

www.thespruce.com

Power To Choose

The Public Utility Commission of Texas regulates the state's electric and telecommunication utilities, implements respective legislation, and offers customer assistance in resolving consumer complaints. Their mission is to protect customers, foster competition, and promote high quality infrastructure. As part of that mission, they have created the "Power to Choose" website as a tool to assist Texans in shopping for electricity.

powertochoose.org

Preliminary Energy Assessments (PEAs)

Preliminary Energy Assessments (PEAs) recommend cost-effective resource efficiency measures that an entity can implement to decrease energy/utility consumption and costs. The State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) provides PEAs to municipal and county governments, independent school districts, county hospitals, port authorities, major airports, public water authorities and municipally-owned utilities at no cost! However, SECOs PEA services apply only to public indoor administrative or teaching facilities and infrastructure owned and operated by the public entity requesting the service.

comptroller.texas.gov