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(metallic whistling whooshing)
(gentle music)

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^- Today we did an Earth Day energy audit

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^of the Wiesbaden Middle School,

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the existing middle school.

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They're getting a brand new one this fall

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that is going to have a lot more efficiencies

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built in to it but we had the sixth and seventh graders

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break into groups with 18 different

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Corps of Engineers volunteers and they went

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to different parts of the school and audited

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water use, waste being tossed out,

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the HVAC, and lighting and electronics demand

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and we had a lot of enthusiastic volunteers came out

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and walked kids through their paces,

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they did some observations, they did some investigations

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of the room that they were in,

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they did some calculations of waste and usage

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and calculated out over the year for the full school.

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The kids who were doing the waste audits

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really dug in to the trash

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and tried to find out how many recyclables

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were getting tossed that didn't have to be.

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Obviously, when they get a new school next year

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things will be very different for them

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but as our future builders and designers

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and buyers, it's important they realize

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that a building has a footprint

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and that that footprint lasts for years

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and it's important to be a discerning user of buildings.