

CUSTOMER: Pulaski County Special School District
THE OPPORTUNITY
To reduce costs and improve learning environments for students
throughout the Pulaski County Special School District, administrators
partnered with the staff of Entergy Arkansas' CitySmartŪ Program to
identify cost-effective ways to improve energy efficiency throughout the
district.
THE PROJECT
According to ENERGY STARŪ, 60 percent of the computers and monitors at
organizations such as K-12 schools are left on at night, and 40 percent of
monitors are not enabled for power management. This results in energy waste
that costs schools and other organizations about $750 million every year. To
reduce energy costs associated with ineffective computer power management,
PCSSD worked with Entergy Arkansas to install PC power management software
at 25 schools throughout the district.
THE RESULTS
PCSSD now houses 1,444 laptops and 4,522
desktops that are equipped with power management software, which will save
the district an estimated $188,567 in energy costs each year. To help PCSSD
finance the project, the CitySmart program provided over $190,000 in cash
incentives, which covered the entire cost of the upgrade.
Prior to this
project, PCSSD worked with CitySmart program staff to improve interior
lighting quality and efficiency by replacing metal halide lighting fixtures
with T-5 fixtures in 11 schools throughout the district. Exterior lighting
is next for PCSSD: administrators plan to install energy-saving
light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures throughout the district.
To learn more about the CitySmart Program,
contact the Energy Efficiency Solutions Center at 877-212-2420 or visit
entergyarkansas.com/citysmart.
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Annual kWh reduction: 2,357,094 kWh
Estimated annual savings:$188,567
Total project incentive: $190,714
Cost to PCSSD: $0