Trinity Christian Academy earns Environmental Stewardship Award

(Dallas) April 25, 2012 – Trinity Christian Academy, an independent coeducational school in Addison which offers a demanding, college preparatory curriculum for its students, was presented with The Award for Energy Stewardship from Energy Education on April 19.

The Award for Energy Stewardship recognizes an organization’s efforts to implement an innovative organizational behavior-based energy conservation and management program.

The program is administered through a strategic alliance with Energy Education, a national company whose energy conservation programs have saved more than $2.6 billion for educational and ministerial organizations since 1986. The amount of energy that TCA saved in 18 months translates into the same amount of energy that is required to plant more than 32,024 trees.

“This energy program is an excellent vehicle to assist our personnel in practicing good stewardship of our resources. The willing participation of virtually every staff person — faculty, administrators, food service, maintenance and custodial people — adds to our success,” said Dave Delph, Headmaster of TCA.

“Trinity Christian Academy Headmaster David Delph, the board members and administration are demonstrating wise fiscal and environmental stewardship by implementing this unique organizational behavior-based energy conservation program,” said Dr. William S. Spears, Chairman and Founder of Energy Education. “Using human resources to reduce energy use saves natural and financial resources for the organization and the community.”

The program delivers an environmental benefit from a reduced carbon footprint. Energy not used prevents the emission of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/EGrid figures, in the first 18 months of the program, TCA saved 9,181 MMBTU, which is the equivalent of preventing 1,252 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from being released in the air, or removing 225 cars from the road, or growing 32,024 pine trees for 10 years.

TCA Energy Education Specialist Steven Williamson received intensive training from Energy Education energy specialists to implement conservation procedures in all of TCA’s facilities. He conducts energy audits and works hard to motivate everyone at TCA to use energy wisely, keep classrooms comfortable and practice smart energy strategies.

Energy Education’s innovative Transformational Energy Management process trains client personnel to implement behavioral and organizational change that substantially reduces energy consumption without the purchase of new equipment. The program is funded solely and rapidly by the savings it generates, allowing clients to redirect saved energy dollars to other priorities.

In 26 years, Energy Education has worked with more than 1,200 educational and ministry organizations, helping clients save more than $2.6 billion in utility costs. Energy Education earned the 2011 and 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for 2009 and 2010.

About Trinity Christian Academy

Trinity Christian Academy is an independent coeducational school, which offers families and their children a demanding, college preparatory curriculum within a Christian community. For more than 40 years, TCA has followed the goals of the founding board members of being a debt-free facility. TCA strives to honor God in the way it uses the funds that continue to be given to the school.

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