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K-12 schools

Every Oberlin public school has sensors and a hallway screen, Toledo Public Schools connected 44 school buildings, and teachers can download 35 free lessons that use the same data.

Elementary students gathered in front of a Citywide Dashboard screen in a school hallway

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Hallway screens

The school's own building dashboard, the Citywide Dashboard and the district calendar.

Ecolympics

A yearly competition where each school works against its own baseline.

35 free lessons

Lesson plans and units, by grade band, that use the school's own data.

Each school competes against its own baseline

31%less electricity at the winning Oberlin school in a recent Ecolympics
2,570gallons saved by Oberlin City Schools in 2024, the biggest water cut of any group
30%+electricity cut at Prospect Elementary, in both 2014 and 2015
Ecolympics 2024 slide: Oberlin met its community-wide electricity reduction goal and saved 10,050 kilowatt-hours
Community electricity savings, 2024.
Ecolympics 2024 slide: Oberlin City Schools achieved the greatest water reduction, saving 2,570 gallons
Water savings by Oberlin City Schools, 2024.

Ecolympics 2024 results, as they ran on Oberlin's screens. The town-wide goal for 2026 was 20,000 kWh and 15,000 gallons.

Building Dashboards

oberlin.communityhub.cloudVisit partner page Open dashboard

Loading the Oberlin City Schools dashboard…

Select Data Dashboard, then choose a school building.

Toledo connected all 44 of its school buildings

Students using laptops displaying the Citywide Dashboard

“Oberlin is helping us translate water and energy use in 44 school buildings into teaching and learning in the classroom”

Bob Mendenhall, Curriculum Director Toledo

A screen for administration, teachers, the board and students

Administration

Superintendents, communications staff and facilities managers see every building's readings in one place.

Teachers

35 free lessons, filed by grade band, turn the school's own data into a lesson.

The school board

Ecolympics results and building trends give the board a dated record.

Students

Hallway screens put the numbers where students already walk.

Common questions

Are the lessons really free?

Yes. All 35 lessons and units are free to download from environmentaldashboard.org.

What grades do they cover?

Grade 1 through high school, plus college-level units.

Can each principal post to their own school's screen?

Yes. Principals and the superintendent post announcements to their own buildings' screens.