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Midland Independent School District: Enhanced Educational Environments through Federal Funding

Midland Independent School District is home to 28,000 students across 38 schools. Through collaboration with Trane and funding from Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER), the district will replace aging equipment, upgrade building automation systems, and improve indoor air quality. The result? A more comfortable and effective learning environment.

September 27, 2023

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Knox County Schools

A collaboration between Knox County Schools and Trane saves the district more than $74 million. The partnership resulted in energy improvements to 90 schools, including updated HVAC systems, controls, LED lighting, and more.

September 20, 2023

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Ypsilanti Community Schools

A partnership between Ypsilanti Community Schools and Trane results in upgraded HVAC equipment and controls, reduced energy costs, and resolved maintenance challenges.

July 10, 2023

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Empowering Education: Energy Efficiency at Christian County Schools

Christian County Schools utilized Trane to implement energy-saving upgrades, improving efficiency, comfort, and learning environments while saving nearly $375,000 annually. This successful partnership prioritized sustainability and created an optimal educational experience for students.

April 28, 2023

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Optimizing STEM Education: Trane BTU Crew Drives Improvements at Beloit USD 273

Learn how Trane's BTU Crew program empowered students at Beloit USD 273 to drive energy-efficient upgrades and improve indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in their school buildings. Through this unique public-private collaboration, students gained real-world learning experiences in data analytics and STEM, leading to improved comfort, reduced CO2 levels, and elevated STEM education.

April 11, 2023

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Upgrading Learning Spaces: Clovis Unified's ESSER & Performance Contract Solution

Explore how Clovis Unified School District worked with Trane and utilized Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding and an Energy Service Performance Contract to upgrade infrastructure systems, improve indoor air quality, and optimize the learning environment for over 43,000 students in Fresno, California.

January 27, 2023

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Kaneland Schools' Renewable Energy Journey

Comprised of 140 square miles and 11 zip codes throughout Kane County, Illinois, Kaneland Community Unit School District was formed to consolidate rural school districts into larger, modern entities.

December 21, 2022

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Homestead High School's Energy Management Success

Homestead High School partnered with Trane's Energy Performance solution to reduce costs, optimize energy use, and create an ideal learning environment, achieving approximately 10 percent lower electrical energy consumption and foreseeing future annual savings of over $40,000.

May 17, 2022

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Enhancing Indoor Air Quality: Ithaca City School District

The Ithaca City School District (ICSD) in New York partnered with Trane to prioritize safety and indoor air quality (IAQ) in their educational buildings amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 1,000 HVAC and air-filtration systems spread across 12 campuses, Trane conducted a comprehensive remediation project to recondition and recalibrate the systems for optimal comfort and safety.

September 14, 2021

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Transforming Prairie Trails School into a Net-Zero Energy Facility

Leaders at River Trails School District 26 planned to renovate the building to house the suburban Chicago district’s kindergarten and preschool students, as well as district administration. District leaders wanted to create the best possible learning and working environment for the building, optimizing indoor air quality and ensuring consistent building comfort. The redesigned building would be called Prairie Trails School.

September 08, 2021

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Caney Valley USD 436: Facilitating Learning Through Sustainable Building Upgrades

Caney Valley Unified School District 436 in Kansas tackled deferred maintenance and funding challenges by partnering with Trane. The district underwent a $3.9 million improvement project that included upgrading HVAC systems, implementing high-efficiency LED lighting, and adding building automation systems, resulting in 20 percent energy savings and enhanced building comfort and safety for students, teachers, and staff.

August 13, 2021

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Saint Martin de Porres High School: Creating a Comfortable Learning Environment with Trane Solutions

Saint Martin de Porres High School in Cleveland, Ohio, overcame funding challenges to provide underprivileged students with a comfortable and energy-efficient learning environment. Partnering with Trane®, the school underwent a comprehensive upgrade that reduced energy costs by over 30%, and improved academic performance, attendance, and overall comfort for students and staff.

August 02, 2021

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Cook County School District

District adopts comprehensive solutions to improve the learning environment for students, while achieving electricity costs that are $70,000 below their expectations.

June 21, 2021

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William Blount High School

Poor indoor air quality was negatively impacting the learning environment while utility costs were increasing. William Blount High School’s existing HVAC system was aging. There were moisture and humidity concerns, and space temperatures were inconsistent throughout the 180,000 square foot school. Much of the existing HVAC systems consisted of the original units installed when the school was built in 1978 and the Building Automation System (BAS) was obsolete. Energy costs were rising due to a stressed building envelop. The school had a limited budget and wanted the upgrades complete by the start of the 2020 school year.

June 21, 2021

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Adams 14 School District

In early 2021, leaders at Adams County School District 14 in suburban Denver were eager to get students back to classrooms; district schools had been shuttered since March 2020. Learning from home, some students still lacked internet access.

June 21, 2021

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Clarksville Community School District

Valuing personal growth, a respectful atmosphere, involvement, dedication and a safe, positive environment, the mission of Clarksville Community School District is to provide the fi nest educational opportunities so that all might achieve their fullest potential. This mission is carried out for approximately 350 students, housed in a three-winged facility that includes an elementary, middle and high school.

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Lenoir City High School

Guaranteed Performance Contract enables unique financing solution for districtwide upgrades; improves classroom environment; projected to drop utility costs from $2.00/sq ft to $1.23/sq ft, resulting in first-year savings of $319,467 and $5,667,182 over term of the contract.

May 17, 2021

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Dighton Unified School District 482

Performance contracting upgrades result in projected savings in operations, maintenance and utility expenses of $190,000 a year; enhance classroom learning environment.

May 17, 2021

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Dighton Rehoboth Regional School District

Performance Contract updates facilities, reduces energy spend by 62 percent, generates 75 percent of electricity with PV solar carport canopies, and captures $3.35M in utility rebates and State incentives.

May 17, 2021

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Kearney Public Schools

District-wide implementation of building management system and energy services aligns with energy policy; improves learning environment; lowers maintenance costs; results in year-over-year energy savings of $130,000.

May 17, 2021

Customer Story

Maury County Public Schools

Performance guarantee contracting upgrades improve air quality, comfort and the classroom learning environment; enable system control and energy management; projected to provide more than $400,000 in annual energy cost savings.

Customer Story

Wyomissing Area School District

Electricity supply contract reduces market susceptibility; provides budget certainty and substantial kWh price reduction; results in savings of 3.8 percent or $6,300 a year; allows opportunity to drive costs down through strategic efficiency measures.

Customer Story

Kansas City Public Schools

Performance guarantee funds re-commissioning to restore mechanical equipment operation throughout District, resulting in significant energy savings to the District and $1.3 million in rebates; keeps schools open during extreme hot/cold weather conditions.

Customer Story

Coffee County Schools

With a goal to become one of the top performing academic systems in the nation, Coffee County Schools has high expectations for the more than 4,000 students and their nine schools. The school district turned to Trane and a guaranteed savings program to improve air quality, comfort and the classroom learning environment; enabling system control and energy management of their facilities—all with guaranteed energy savings. Trane guarantees more than $335,000 to the school district annually.