SFB ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS
  

The School Facilities Board has additional ARRA grant funding (approximately $1.7 million) and will reopen the application process for Energy Efficiency Grant Projects.  School districts may apply for funding of energy efficiency projects such as lighting upgrades or HVAC upgrades.  Projects that are already under contract are not eligible for this program.

Applications are completed through the SFB website.  The application interface will become available on August 4, 2010.  The deadline for applications is September 10, 2010.

Below are links to the program statement and supporting documents.  Please read these documents carefully and direct your questions to Sameer Pandey at spandey@azsfb.gov or 602-364-1193.

STIMULUS ENERGY GRANT PROGRAM STATEMENT
PROJECT INFORMATION TEMPLATE
LIST OF ESCOs ON STATE CONTRACT
SAMPLE ESCO EVALUATION CRITERIA

ALERT: RECALL OF STADIUM LIGHT POLES

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has released a recall to repair Whitco Company LP stadium light poles 70 feet or higher.  Click the link above for details.

STATEWIDE GOVERNMENT FURLOUGH DAYS

Laws 2010, Seventh Special Session, Chapter 3 implements a statewide government furlough program. The statewide government furlough program will involve the partial closure of state government for a specific number of days over the next two fiscal years. State employees, including all School Facilities Board employees, will be on unpaid leave during these closures.

The link above provides a list of the state designated furlough days. For more information on agency closures, please visit the ADOA website by clicking here.

APS RAISING REBATES

The APS Solutions for Business program is temporarily raising the rebate amount for three prescriptive measures.  This offer is open to any APS non-residential customer that meets the program's standard eligibility requirements.  To qualify for the increased rebates, you must submit your final application by Novermber 30, 2010.  Click the link above for details.

INCENTIVES FOR INSTALLING ENERGY INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS)

Is your district in the APS service area and completing energy efficiency projects such as lighting or HVAC upgrades? Is your district using performance contracting? Click the link above for information on EIS and the incentives APS Solutions for Business is offering.

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

School districts can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to the CPSC's website. Just follow the link above and subscribe to the email list "recalls" for weekly updates on product recalls.

BUY AMERICAN CATEGORICAL WAIVERS

On February 11, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a Memorandum of Decision granting nationwide categorical waivers under section 1605 of the Recovery Act (the Buy American Provisions) for fluorescent electronic lighting ballasts, LED traffic lights and signals, and CFL's (with a few exceptions described in the waiver). These categorical waivers go into effect immediately. Click the link above to read the Memorandum of Decision for details.

SFB AWARDS ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS

On January 20, 2010, the Board approved the award of 29 Energy Efficiency Grant projects to 25 districts totaling $12,132,515.  In total, these projects, with an estimated cost of $43,600,825, will save $5,567,738 per year in utility costs.  The average payback is approximately eight years. 

Scorecard of awarded projects
Projects removed from Scorecard

DEAN GRAY SPEAKS AT ASBA/ASA CONFERENCE

On December 10, 2009, Director Gray gave a presentation at the Arizona School Board Association Conference regarding the ARRA Energy Grant Program, Statewide Water Intrusion Analysis and Statewide Structural Analysis.  Click the link above to view his presentation.

U.S. CENSUS 2010

The SFB believes in the importance of getting the word out to the citizens of Arizona so they can be counted in the 2010 Census. The Census impacts the federal funding formula for programs such as highways. It is estimated that Arizona will loose $12,000 for each person who is not counted. Click the link above or the 2010 Census logo in the menu on the left side of the page for more information.

BIRTH DATA 2001 THROUGH 2008

The SFB has updated birth data for school districts with geo-coded data obtained from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Neither the SFB or DHS can guarantee the accuracy of the geo-coding. Therefore, these data are only provided as is and should be used judiciously. Several school districts with apparent irregularities in birth data have been marked with “*”. For your convenience the data are being provided by School Year and by Calendar Year.

• Birth Data by School Year
• Birth Data by Calendar Year