At New Technology High School in Napa, computers outnumber pencils. Across the ceilings and down the walls of nearly every room in the alternative school on Yount Street, purple conduits carry thick bundles of cable connecting seven hulking servers to more than 420 computers campus-wide. Students who wanted to reduce the school's carbon footprint, came to the administration with the suggestion that the school look at ways to reduce energy use.
Resource Solutions Group worked with the students on a schoolwide energy audit: Some teens measured the roof for solar panels, while others counted "every light fixture, every computer all around the school, along with every appliance, microwave, refrigerator...it took quite a while," said a student.
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