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Heather Spoon describes Adair Schools Vendor Miser program 2012-02-17 - Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Heather Spoon, Director of Lindsey Wilson College's Energy Career Technology Academy, explained one of the programs which involves students throughout the system in just one of the energy saving programs underway at the school, the installation of the Vending Miser devices on vending machines in the school. The device automatically senses when no one is in the area and shuts down the machines compressors, saving electrical usage after school, on weekends, during vacations. Already, the District is realizing some $20,000 per year in energy cost savings, but the program is educating a new generation starting with pre-schoolers. Director Spoon also spoke on the ECTA's partnership with Newcomb Oil Company to give waste cooking oil to the ECTA's biodiesel production, and about new skills being learned by ECTA High School, who can now build solar panels right here in Adair County. Permalink | Comments?

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