Watt Watchers of Texas

Sponsored by:
The State Energy Conservation Office,
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and
The United States Department of Energy.
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Watt Watchers is a
free, state-sponsored
program to help school
districts save energy
and money by getting
students involved.
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World Energy Use

For the past century, global energy
growth marched in lockstep with the
economic growth. Energy use
increased 400% to accommodate a
doubling of world population and
quadrupling of Gross World Product.

The world now consumes the equivalent of

175 Million barrels of oil each day.

Equal to……

85,000 gallons
of gasoline
Source: Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable
Technology each second!
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Schools in Texas spend

over $450 Million every
year to light, heat, and
cool buildings.

~25% is wasted

Source: State Energy Conservation Office

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The $50 bill … Yours to Keep or Yours to Pay!

Turning out the lights at lunch and after school

Saves $50 per classroom over a 180 school year
If every classroom in Texas participated -- $14 Million saved
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 It’s Simple
 It’s Easy
 It’s Effective
 It’s Fun
 It has a big impact
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 Free kit
Everything you need
Get started right away
 Binders
Lanyards
 Name Badges
 Pencils
Tickets
 Patrol check sheets
 Agreements
CD-Rom
Program Manual
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Keep records
Track your WW program
Start in Stealth Mode
Identify best class
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 Use tickets in kit

 Design your own
 Laminate permanent
 Don’t forget Thank Yous
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If you don’t know where

you started, how will
you know how far you
have come.
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Did you say we would get a prize???

Send this to Watt Watchers .  And we will send you…
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 Students get Certificate

of Achievement
 Zero Hero Awards
 Most Improved Award
Sponsors receive
service award yearly
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5 year pins

Five Year Service Pins

Watt Watchers are dedicated
About 1500 have been awarded
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Photo of CD-ROM,
Newpapers,
 Newspaper – published 3
times per year
16-24 pages, 11x17 tabloid
Full color
 Annual circulation 25,000
 Mailed to all sponsors
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Teachers Watt Watchers

 Students love Watt Watchers, too

 Students learn a valuable lesson to carry throughout life
 You will change the world for the better
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K-12 Lesson Plans

Correlated to the Texas
Essential Knowledge and
Skills (TEKS) and the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge
and Skills (TAKS)
Broad Subject Range –
Math, Science, Social
Studies, Language Arts,
Writing etc.
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Traveling Energy Exploration

Stations are available for
teachers to check out and use in
their classrooms for FREE!
Similar to discovery boxes
Correlated to the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) and the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and
Skills (TAKS)
The stations include a wide
variety of materials that can be
used by the teacher or as a
center for the students.
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Upper Elementary and Middle

school students are invited to
design, build and race Junior
Solar Sprint (JSS) cars.
The small model cars —
powered entirely by solar energy
and steered by wires — are built
as team efforts guided by
teachers.
The students race their cars
against one another.
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An Energy Encounter is a
one day event to provide lots
of information, ideas, and
excitement about energy
projects for students,
teachers and administrators.
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The Real Projects is a tool to

assist High School Student
Groups in doing real projects with
real results. The handbook has
project ideas that include vending
machine audits, classroom
lighting audits, change a light
campaign, mentoring a Watt
Watchers program and much
more.
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The computers in your

school are wasting energy.
You can help your school
save money.
Implement computer monitor
power management.
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Watt Watchers wants you to take

action and start Talking Trash at your
school! Too much paper is put into
the trash can – it should be placed in
a recycling bin that is emptied
regularly.
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Who does the program

Enrolled programs
at your school?
High Schools
Middle Schools & Junior Highs
Elementary

Every School Can Be a

Watt Watchers School!
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