With policies like these being implemented not just for commercial customers, but residential customers, too, it illustrates the need for all students to be learning about energy use to be wise consumers in the future. This is where “smart” technology now allows consumers to see and analyze the data to make data-driven decisions. Utilizing school buildings as Living Learning Labs helps bring these lessons to life and provides real-world applications not easily made with a textbook lesson. When there is only one meter reading/month, energy efficiency suggestions are really nothing more than that…suggestions. There isn’t data to clearly indicate what is going on in the building and when it is happening. With smart buildings, though, we can see what is happening every 15 minutes and now we can make data-driven decisions…your students can, too!