text: Connecticut’s New Haven Public School District is comprised of four elementary schools, one middle school and one comprehensive high school for a total of approximately 3,150 students. Like many school districts across the country, New Haven schools were not immune to shifting priorities—and increasingly difficult budget discussions. To maintain a robust and well-qualified staff and to meet student achievement and contractual standards and obligations, administrators had to sharpen pencils and evaluate resources within each of its 6 schools. One cost-saving measure that has proven to be beneficial on paper and in practice—allowing the District to realize a cost-savings and the added benefit of sustainability—has been the implementation of cogeneration technology, also known as Combined Heat and Power, or CHP.