Bill Penny
Bill Penny

Bill Penny is a Member in the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison. He is a member of the firm's Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Service Group as well as the Green Industry Practice Group. Bill has more than 25 years experience in environmental law. You can contact him at william.penny@stites.com or by phone at 615-782-2308.

Bill Penny
Christina Davidow

Christina Bodewig Davidow is an Associate in the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison and a LEED Accredited Professional. She is a member of both the Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Service Group as well as the Green Industry Practice Group. She may be contacted at christina.davidow@stites.com or by phone at 615-782-2323.

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Nashville School Earns Award for Being Among the Greenest in the Nation

10.27.09 3:09 AM
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Yesterday, the EPA named a Nashville school part of the top 20 K-12 Schools list of the largest green power purchasers among schools.  Ensworth School buys at least 300,000 kilowatt-hours of green energy every year, which is the equivalent to the amount of CO2 emissions of forty cars, or, the amount of power necessary to power thirty homes annually.

 

Although this might seem like small potatoes, in the aggregate, it could really make a difference.  Consider that “[t]he Green Power Partnership’s top 20 K-12 schools are buying nearly 113 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions that would be produced from the electricity use of more than 11,000 average American homes.”

 

EPA defines green power as electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact small hydroelectric sources.  Ensworth School purchases the power directly from the TVA.  

For more information on this topic, please see the EPA’s press release.

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