Town of Georgetown Receives $105,000 Green Communities Grant to Fund Energy Conservation Measures at Penn Brook School

GEORGETOWN – The Town of Georgetown has received a $105,000 grant from the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Green Communities Grant program that will fund energy conservation efforts for municipal buildings, including Penn Brook School.

The DOER awarded about $8 million in grants to 46 communities statewide to fund energy-efficiency and clean energy projects. According to the DOER, the rewarded projects are expected to save about $566,000 each year in energy costs and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1,421 tons annually.

Georgetown will use its funding to install LED lights at Penn Brook School. More than 200 lights in the school will be upgraded to LED lighting options, which is estimated to reduce the school’s annual kilowatt-hour usage by 89,072. The project will also save the Town $12,470 per year. The amount of energy saved is equivalent to removing 13.6 cars from the road or saving 81.8 acres of forest.

Lighting upgrades will be done by Inovis Energy, Inc.

“It is a pleasure to receive funding that upgrades our school building, especially for projects that will reduce our energy footprint,” said Georgetown Public Schools Superintendent Margaret Ferrick. “We are thankful to the Town for securing this grant.”

“As a Town, we are committed to an aggressive approach to obtain grant funding that benefits our community without adding costs to taxpayers,” said Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco. “We are thankful to the DOER for this funding, which will increase our environmental impact while upgrading our facilities.”