In 2024 the Madison Metropolitan School District adopted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction by 2045 Resolution. The revised language aims to reduce GHG emissions in all district operations with a 50% reduction by 2035, a 75% reduction by 2040, and a 100% reduction in GHG emissions by 2045. The 2024 resolution replaced the March 2019 Clean Energy Resolution.
In 2020 the District partnered with MGE and the City of Madison on the Hermsdorf Solar Project in southeast Madison. The 8 MW array provides power to both the City of Madison (5 MW) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (3 MW). On an annual basis Hermsdorf solar will provide the district with about 16% of its electricity.
In 2020 the district applied for a planning grant from the Office of Energy Innovation’s Energy Innovation Grant Program. The application was successful and enabled the district to develop a plan.
Badger Rock Middle School is a public charter school within the Madison Metropolitan School District. The District intends Badger Rock Middle School to be a model for environmental sustainability, culturally relevant teaching, stewardship and civic engagement, integrating best practices in sustainability education, design, and systems thinking into every aspect of the learning experience.
MMSD maintains a website where users can track solar energy production at a variety of MMSD schools. Users can also track energy use at the high schools via that webpage.
