EFMA MEMBER PROFILE
Jeff Jackson,
manager of maintenance for SD #44, leading the way in environmentally friendly school facilities, North Vancouver School District #44 By Taryn Rittberg “We only have one planet.” This simple and humble statement resounds deeply with Jeff Jackson, the manager of maintenance for the North Vancouver School District #44, who recently oversaw a widespread energy savings program. Jackson and his colleagues at SD #44 met the monumental task of creating a plan to both maintain school functionality, as well as retrofit the schools to be more energy 14
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efficient at a time that the school district suffered from declining enrolment and decreased funding, while also facing increased costs for municipal and energy expenses. With over 40 schools under his care, Jackson created a plan to upgrade and replace lighting systems, ventilation, and air conditioning automation for all school buildings, boiler efficiency replacements and upgrades, carbon dioxide sen-
sors to control ventilation in school gymnasiums, and many more energy saving implementations for every North Vancouver school district building. “I believe all school districts and all building owners should be doing this,” says Jackson, who has been a member of EFMA for 24 years. “I’ve spent my career promoting energy conservation, conservation of resources, and conservation of wa-
