Girl Scouts Perform Energy Audits, Prove Their Future Value
by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11.21.08
Photo via Dave Hogg
Being a Girl Scout has come a long way from making jewelry out of tree bark and safety pins and selling cookies. And it’s a good thing, too.
Tomorrow, 25 Girl Scout Juniors and Cadettes will participate in a day-long camp focused on improving energy efficiency in buildings. They’ll learn the bulk of the lessons by performing an energy audit of the Math and Science Center and the Program Center at Camp Dellwood in Indianapolis, IN.
However, the training is intended to do more than just teach about energy efficiency.
The scouts will be using Trane’s Energy Analyzer Software to determine the efficiency of the buildings, based on everything from lights to air conditioning to windows. They’ll also get a chance to conduct experiments on energy efficiency, and learn about the different engineering specialties that create the different parts of buildings and their efficiency improvements.
Have to admit, I’m a bit jealous. Makes you kinda want to be a Girl Scout for a day. And makes you proud of the next gen of girls – apparently they’re an “untapped resource.”
"Girls are the single greatest untapped resource for engineering talent in this country," said Sommer. "They make their decisions on whether or not they want to pursue math and science-related fields by the time they're in middle school. We need to get to them early with options on how engineering can be fun and how it can truly make a difference on the economy and environment."
Yaaaay! It’s a relief to hear that kind of encouragement. It only means even more hope for the planet in the future with young people getting this kind of training early.
Via Press Release
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I have to smile at this posting.
I get an energy audit - every month.
When the bills come due.
We have been able to cut both our electric and gas bill by over half, and are working on the other half.
Of course, perhaps these Scouts could have helped....good for them in getting the training.
I agree with the above poster...this story makes me smile :)
Girl Scouts was a large part of my childhood and I'm glad to see these girls taking on topics that affect everybody. Plus, I'm excited to see they are from my home state! I have a niece that just joined the local daisy group and am so excited for the opportunities that await her.
On a side note, I wonder what the badge for this looks like? Maybe just a smiling house! :)
I am an Electrical Energy Conservation Contractor.Auditing is the foundation that all of our work is built from.As a former boy scout this gives me great joy but mostly to be able to show our employees who their competition is. I preach to all young people that Energy is the profession to be in because of the nature of the business and the array of new and great opportunities its providing.
I hope the Trane training influences them to seek Energy Conservation for their futures, it realy is a cool carreer choice.