Waukegan Public Schools, ComEd Complete Projects to Reduce Energy Use, Save Money and Improve the Environment - Seite 2

“As a district, we're always eager to take advantage of opportunities to improve our energy-efficiency,” said Kevin Kruckeberg, Waukegan Public Schools director of operations. “As our costs to operate are reduced, we are able to better serve our students. The cost savings we have realized are being applied to overdue maintenance and building improvement projects to benefit the safety and health of our students and staff.”

ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award

This year marks the 10th straight year ComEd has received an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award, and the 13th year in a row that the northern Illinois energy company has been recognized by the EPA and DOE. Award recipients are part of a distinguished group that have made long-term commitments to fighting climate change and protecting public health through energy efficiency. Sustained Excellence Awards are presented to partners that already received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition for a minimum of two consecutive years and have gone above and beyond the criteria needed to qualify for recognition.

In 2021, approximately 460,000 ComEd residential and business customers saved nearly $189 million on their electric bills by taking advantage of ComEd’s energy-saving offerings.

“We know it’s going to take all of us working together to tackle the climate crisis, and the 2022 ENERGY STAR award-winning partners are demonstrating what it takes to build a more sustainable future,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “These companies are showing once again that taking action in support of a clean energy economy can be good not only for the environment, but also for business and customers.”

The ComEd Energy Efficiency Program, which is funded in compliance with state law, offers a range of services and incentives to help families and businesses save money and use energy more wisely. Since 2008, the program has helped customers save nearly 62 million megawatt-hours of electricity, the amount of energy it takes to power more than 7.1 million ComEd customers’ homes. These savings have an environmental benefit equal to reducing more than 52 billion pounds of carbon emissions from the atmosphere removing more than 5 million cars from the road or planting more than 29 million acres of trees.