Energy patrols can include teachers, students, parents and community volunteers who work together to practice energy conservation by:

• Planting trees around the building, to provide shade and improve the environment
• Checking door and window weather stripping, to stop energy dollars from leaking through cracks;
• Checking outside air dampers, heating, ventilation and air conditioning filters;
• Replacing old or broken caulking and weatherstripping;
• Developing maintenance schedules for monitoring energy conservation; and
• Adding "energy monitors" to school vending machines.

Energy Monitors