{"id":935,"date":"2013-08-20T20:02:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T20:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=935"},"modified":"2013-08-28T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:52:58","slug":"vbcps-competing-in-energystar-battle-of-the-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/vbcps-competing-in-energystar-battle-of-the-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"VBCPS competing in EnergyStar Battle of the Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/buildings\/about-us\/how-can-we-help-you\/communicate\/energy-star-communications-toolkit\/motivate-competition-0.  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-937\" alt=\"banner2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Web_button_2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>VBCPS wants to be home to the biggest losers&#8230;of energy usage.<\/p>\n<p>Three Virginia Beach schools are competing to be named Energy Star&#8217;s biggest loser of energy use in the Fourth Annual Battle of the Buildings contest.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the next few months, we will be tracking the energy usage from Ocean Lakes High School, Birdneck Elementary and Bayside Elementary.<\/p>\n<p>According to EnergyStar, c<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">ompetitors measure and track their buildings\u2019 monthly energy consumption and work over the year to cut energy waste through improvements that range from equipment replacement to changes in occupant behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The midpoint \u201cweigh-in\u201d results will be posted in December, with the winner announced in April 2014. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned as we will be posting our schools&#8217; progress. While you&#8217;re at it, post some of your best energy-saving tips in the comment section?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VBCPS wants to be home to the biggest losers&#8230;of energy usage. Three Virginia Beach schools are competing to be named Energy Star&#8217;s biggest loser of energy use in the Fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainable-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}