Posted by Sudbury Northern Life 
The province is investing more than $12 million in energy efficient retrofits for four local school boards.
Here's now the funding breaks down:
Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de
l'Ontario  $1,796,375
Conseil scolaire de district catholique du
Nouvel-Ontario  $3,610,099
Rainbow District School
Board     $4,521,874
Sudbury Catholic District School
Board    $2,343,330
More than 1,000 publicly funded schools across the province will be made more energy efficient to give Ontario students better places to learn and help boards save energy and money. Construction will start as soon as this summer.
This two-year investment will help improve existing schools
across Ontario, while creating and sustaining more than 5,500
jobs.  Of the $550-million investment, $400 million will
be allocated to:
Conduct energy audits to help manage and conserve energy
Retrofit buildings with new energy efficient heating,
ventilation and air conditioning systems and boilers.
The remaining $150 million will be allocated on a project-by-project basis to improve the learning environment for students currently in energy inefficient portables and schools.
"Making our school facilities more energy efficient promotes better, greener learning environments - a key ingredient to building the best possible publicly funded education system in the world, and one that inspires confidence in our communities and success in our students," said Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.
