Energy saving measures made by the Newton County School System has shown a decrease in the money spent out the last two years. According to a presentation given Tuesday to the Newton County Board of Education, the school system's maintenance and operations team have implemented several energy conversation activities, including system-wide set points for room temperature control - for both occupied and unoccupied areas in the schools, and turning off exterior lighting after certain hours. Simply reducing the HVAC occupied hours by two daily has decreased 12,480 energy hours.