The Boardwalk School Campus:
An Acton Clean Energy Success!
This April, EnergizeActon.org has a special treat—a Clean Energy SCHOOL Tour!
Please register HERE.
We like to offer home tours, so that local residents can see how clean energy technology actually works on the ground. It is also an important opportunity for people to ask questions of the host about what worked well, what might have been challenging, and what were the costs. However, seeing clean energy on a larger scale is also incredibly helpful. This event, co-sponsored with Mothers Out Front Acton, celebrates the expertise and success of leadership from the Acton-Boxborough School District alongside additional hard work and achievement from Town of Acton staff. Join us and ask how clean energy works in school and municipal buildings.
The new Gates and Douglas Schools (commonly known as the Boardwalk Campus) are an amazing accomplishment for the school district. When planners first envisioned the project, they estimated future energy efficiencies and savings. Well, the Boardwalk Campus has consistently outperformed ALL those estimates! And this is true even though not every element of the clean energy project was implemented. We invite you to tour the building and see how clean energy choices do indeed work.
In 2024, Mass Save recognized the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District as a Climate Leader for the Boardwalk Campus. Mass Save wrote that the award goes to “institutions that demonstrate excellence in reducing environmental impact and associated costs, fostering the health and well-being of students and staff, and implementing effective interdisciplinary sustainability education,” standards met by Acton “with flying colors.” The school project also won a Green Building Showcase Award, among other honors.
The Acton Exchange writes, “The building, which opened in 2022 and has drawn national attention, includes a fully electric, commercial-scale kitchen, enhanced insulation, ground-source heat pumps, demand-control ventilation, and energy recovery. Energy Use Intensity (EUI) goals for the building have exceeded state targets.”
Join us to celebrate this success!
Please Register HERE.
Apologies, but this tour is limited to 30 individuals.
We will keep a waiting list if we surpass 30 sign-ups.