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Southern California ‘Green Schools’ Light Bulb Exchange Enables Students to Reduce Their Families’ Home Energy Bills
April 4, 2007 (PR Newswire/US Newswire via Yahoo News)

WHO
Nine elementary and high schools in the Alta Loma, Hesperia, and San Bernardino Unified School Districts (20 more schools to join), funded by Southern California Edison (SCE). Administered by Intergy Corporation and the State Environmental Education Roundtable.

WHAT
The Green Schools CFL program: Students exchange incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) provided at school. Immediate goal: The replacement of 4,000 bulbs in 2006/07 and, over 3 years, 12,000. (Green Schools program administered by The Alliance to Save Energy, a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders.)

WHEN
8,000 bulbs were replaced in fall semester, 2006. With the 20 new schools joining for spring, 2007,

WHERE
Southern California Inland Empire school districts.

WHY
CFLs use a third of the energy and last 10 times longer (according to the SCE spokesperson). $400,000 and 3 million kWh already saved, $700,000 and 5.2 million kWh by the end of the school.

QUOTES
- "The bulb exchange is a great way for Southern California Edison to promote how easy it can be to be more energy efficient, and how much not only schools, but also families and the community at large, can benefit from readily-available technologies like CFLs," said Cheryl Wynn, manager for Residential Energy Efficiency Programs at Southern California Edison.
- "The CFL exchange has become an energy-efficiency rallying point for students, teachers, and the community at large," said Jo Tiffany, program manager for the Alliance's Green Schools California program. "The CFLs, with their twisty, high-tech design, are the perfect symbol for energy-efficiency technologies and environmental sustainability, and the parents and communities are definitely responding to the student-teacher initiative."