NEWS
City of Charlottesville Wins the 2024 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored the City of Charlottesville with a WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for their work promoting WaterSense and water efficiency in 2023. WaterSense recognized its Sustained Excellence, Partner of the Year, and Excellence Award winners during the WaterSmart Innovations (WSI) Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The City of Charlottesville was one of 19 Sustained Excellence Award winners.
WaterSense honored the City of Charlottesville as a Sustained Excellence Award winner for a seventh year in a row and tenth year of receiving a WaterSense award.
For more information about WaterSense and the 2024 award winners, visit www.epa.gov/watersense.
Energy and Water Management in Charlottesville City Schools
Charlottesville City Schools and the City’s Energy and Water Management Team are working together to reduce the energy and water footprint of all City schools. On April 11th, 2019 the School Board approved an Energy and Water Performance resolution, showing a commitment to achieving and maintaining high performing school facilities.
Continuing on past efforts, the City’s maintenance and development teams are specifying high efficiency building equipment, such as high-efficiency chillers and LED lighting, and are enhancing operational control through advanced building automation systems. Charlottesville Schools and the City’s Energy and Water Management Team continue to investigate ways to accelerate the installation of high performance equipment throughout our schools.
The City is also working with each school to raise awareness about energy and water saving practices through education and outreach efforts that include distributing educational materials and providing tips and strategies that students and faculty can use to reduce the energy and water impact at our schools.
Each quarter a different theme emphasizes aspects of energy and water efficiency/conservation. Check out all the great outreach efforts and materials on the City's Energy and Water Management Program Outreach and Engagement website (LINK).
Read more about the City’s Energy and Water Management Program on their web page.
