You can occasionally announce the Watt Watchers Team results or recognize energy conscious classrooms. Post overall school energy savings on a hall bulletin board. Use a graph that will make it easy for elementary students to understand how much energy was saved. Assembly programs can also be used. Patrols may take place three to four times a day, but this schedule may be cut back as the staff becomes more energy conscious and fewer tickets are issued.
Some schools have two teams that split the four patrol times.
Each patrol should take less than ten minutes to complete. If a team member finds an unoccupied room with its lights on, an energy waste ticket or fine is issued. Yes, even the principal is fair game. Team members will use a record sheet to record the energy waste tickets given. Patrol members can also check restrooms for leaky faucets and running toilets.