Case Study: Davis School District achieves 17% energy reduction and hundreds of thousands in savings with Brightly Software’s Energy Manager

Davis School District Wins 2024 Utah Energy Champion Award with the Help of Brightly Energy Manager

Davis School District, a K–12 system serving 71,000 students across 92 schools and 114 buildings in Farmington, Utah, needed to curb energy use and control rising utility costs as the district expanded. With enrollment up 40% and 3.5 million square feet added since 2005, leaders sought a way to maintain efficiency (including a zero‑energy elementary) and quickly identify billing errors and cost drivers across facilities.

By using Brightly Energy Manager since 2006, the district now tracks energy use and costs across every building to guide construction choices, equipment upgrades, and system schedules, and to validate utility bills. The outcome: a 17% reduction in energy consumption despite growth, Odyssey Elementary’s EUI falling from 15 to 11.8 over ten years, simplified decision‑making and ROI tracking for projects, and hundreds of thousands of dollars recovered from billing disputes—helping earn the district the 2024 Utah Energy Champion award.

Davis School District

Doug Anderson

Director of Utility Services