A Statistical Analysis of Energy Usage for K- 12 School Facilities

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced investing $80M through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to make K-12 schools more energy efficient and lower their energy costs, including some of the nation’s highest-need schools. The ideas is that funding will help resource high-need school districts with the training and tools needed to improve how their schools consume energy, improve health and learning outcomes for children and staff, and support bringing good-paying jobs to the community. (Department of Energy, 2022). Research is needed to contextualize this challenge in that it hard to improve what you can not measure. While K-12 schools have implemented different energy saving strategies DERs and DWTs could help them achieve significant water and energy savings [2], [3]. We seek to measure the statistics that may drive this opportunity. In this report we will be investigating two datasets and calculating their statistical quantities retrieved fromtwo major cities on energy usage of K-12 schools and its statistical implications.