Reducing school district energy expenditures has become a universal goal. However, school board members, superintendents, and directors of buildings and grounds are often unaware of the many options available to conserve energy. School energy conservation used to be relatively simple: turn off the lights and turn down the heat in the winter and turn up the thermostat or open the windows in the summer. Those energy-saving ideas, although worthwhile, rarely yielded significant savings. New technologies have brought greater energy efficiencies to the school environment. New lighting equipment is available and HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) technologies now offer more energy-saving options. Newer computer-controlled building management systems provide additional opportunities to save energy dollars. This article provides information that should prove helpful to school officials who want to create a comprehensive energy conservation and management program.