Virginia Energy Sense is the Commonwealth’s energy education program under the guidance of the State Corporation Commission. Virginia has set a goal to reduce electric energy consumption 10 percent below 2006 levels by 2022.
Our mission is to work toward that goal by helping Virginians understand their energy use, and what they can do to save energy easily and cost effectively. Energy efficiency and energy conservation are the most affordable, available tools to achieve this goal. That’s where Virginia Energy Sense comes in: Everyone can do their part to help, with the right information.
The Virginia Energy Sense program provides the tools to educate and empower all Virginians to get involved and lower the amount of electricity they use.
Reducing energy use puts money back in consumers’ pockets. It also helps our state’s economy and cleans our air, land and water. That’s why saving energy just makes good sense.
Value Your Power of Virginia Energy Sense Website
This website (http://www.virginiaenergysense.org/)serves as the main resource for the Virginia Energy Sense program. Here you can:
● Use the My Energy Star tool to find tips and home improvement projects to take your home to the next level!
● Take the 10% Challenge (right bar) to reduce your own energy use
● Find residential, industrial and commercial incentives available for energy-saving purchases and upgrades
● Read about Virginia’s energy use, policy and plans
● We hope you explore this site, look for us around town, tell us how we’re doing, TAKE ACTION and JOIN US!
Programs for Implementing the Curriculum:
Energy use is an important issue, and it’s one that allows anyone – including elementary school students – to make a real difference. By learning how to conserve energy, sharing those lessons with families and friends, and raising awareness in their communities, students can demonstrate that saving energy means saving money, and ultimately makes Virginia a better place to live.
Virginia Energy Sense is pleased to provide this teaching curriculum to help teach the Standards of Learning on energy usage. These Virginia Standards-based, cross-curricular classroom activities appeal to a variety of learning styles. They combine interactive teaching and learning activities and promote energy conservation, offering a unique opportunity to create a dialogue with students in the classroom about this important issue.
※ENERGY CONSERVATION CURRICULUM from this project
The program objectives include:
● Helping students and parents understand energy use, and how to save energy easily and cost-effectively.
● Encouraging students, schools and families to take an active role in conserving electricity consumption.
● Motivating students to use their knowledge about energy use to promote change in their school and at home.
This curriculum was developed with the assistance of the Virginia Department of Education, and we encourage you to share this valuable program with other teachers at your school. Although the materials are copyrighted, you may reproduce them for educational purposes. Please let us know your opinion about this program by filling out and returning the teacher and student evaluations at the end of the booklet, or by responding through the feedback form here. We look forward to your comments. If you have any questions about the program, please email at energysense@scc.virginia.gov.