Wisconsin School Energy Manager Program
Pairing Education and Energy Efficiency: A Whole-School Approach to Energy Management
What is SEMP?
What do you do?
The Wisconsin School Energy Manager
Program (SEMP) engages teachers, students,
facility personnel and administration together
in a data-driven education campaign
supported by the sustainability goals of the
school district to achieve:
School faculty work closely with our team to achieve
success based upon the needs of the district in two
key areas:
Staff and Student Engagement:
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Graduate-level professional development and
standards-based curricula for K-12 teachers
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Eligibility to apply for mini-grant opportunity
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Guidance to implement a school-wide energysaving campaign through creation of Energy
Action Plans
Guidance to participate in state and federal
Green Ribbon Schools program
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Increased awareness of school energy use
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Utilization of the school building as a
teaching tool
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Adoption of energy efficient behaviors
and low and no-cost operational
improvements
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Improved energy efficiency and savings in
schools
School Energy Efficiency:
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Why join SEMP?
This program offers Wisconsin schools high
quality assistance at no cost related to energy
efficiency and energy education; a wholeschool approach to energy management
which maximizes facility operations and
energy savings.
The State Energy Office has decades of
experience working with Performance
Contractors and implementing energy
efficiency projects. This method of financing
and engineering assistance has resulted in
significant energy savings to the state, saving
taxpayer dollars.
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Creation of a 2015-2016 baseline of building
energy consumption via EPA Energy Star
Portfolio Manager
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Evaluation of school building performance data
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Guidance to identify low cost and no-cost ways
to save energy and lower operating expenses in
your building, and help identify where capital
improvements can be implemented

Guidance to participate in state and utility
energy efficiency programs
These services are covered at no cost
to the school district.
Over the last 20 years KEEP has successfully
reached K-12 teachers with its graduate-level
courses and high quality materials increasing
the quality and quantity of energy education
for thousands of Wisconsin students.
To register your school or district, or for more information, please contact our team:
Annie Baker, KEEP School Energy Education Specialist
(715) 346-4320
Annie.Baker@uwsp.edu
http://www.keepprogram.org
Amber Gray, State Energy Program Manager
(608) 261-8421
Amber.Gray@wisconsin.gov
http://www.stateenergyoffice.wi.gov/
Acknowledgment: “The information, data, or work presented herein was funded in part by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE),
U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-EE0006222.”