What clean energy technologies does the Inflation Reduction Act support?

KEY FEATURES:

  • Provides on-site, reliable, clean energy at a low, fixed price

  • Can dramatically reduce energy costs especially in high-cost electricity markets

  • Works in all climates but may be more challenging to site at urban districts with limited space

  • 1 in 10 schools have already gone solar

KEY FEATURES:

  • Can reduce utility costs (e.g. peak shaving, demand charges) and generate revenue through auxiliary grid services

  • Can be used for back-up power to enhance community resilience

KEY FEATURES:

  • Moves heat that already exists (no combustion)

  • 200-600% efficient (vs. 99% high efficiency boiler)

  • Heats and cools with one set of equipment

  • Works in a wide variety of climates where heating and cooling loads roughly balance

KEY FEATURES:

  • Reduces exposure to harmful air pollutants for students and for communities in which buses operate

  • Saves ~$100,000 in lifetime fuel and maintenance per bus, compared to diesel

  • Protects school budgets from volatile fossil fuel prices

  • Produce less than half the carbon pollution of propane or diesel buses — and those emissions will only decrease as the grid decarbonizes

  • Quieter, calmer rides for drivers and students — another tool to recruit drivers!

KEY FEATURES:

  • Facilitates charging of electric buses and other district fleet vehicles

  • Provides staff and visitors with access to charging for electric passenger vehicles

  • Contributes to growing the infrastructure communities need to speed the transition to electric vehicles

  • Can support resilience and emergency preparedness goals via vehicle-to-building and vehicle-to-grid applications

KEY FEATURES:

  • Reduces energy and power costs of interior lighting, HVAC, and hot water systems so that more resources can be devoted to the educational mission

  • Improves comfort of buildings by reducing air infiltration and leakage

  • Improves health of indoor air by ensuring that air entering the building can be filtered for air pollutants such as wildfire smoke

  • To qualify, the building needs to demonstrate a reduction in energy of at least 25% in comparison to a building meeting minimum requirements of ASHRAE Standard 90.1. Savings must be calculated through qualified computer software.

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