Larry Beall | Education and Outreach Impact Awards

Inspiring the next generation to engage in our energy future has long been a commitment of the Iowa Energy Center. Through our partnership with the Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy at Central Campus in Des Moines, we’re providing students hands-on learning opportunities. In a few years, we’ll be depending on these young minds to continue to advance Iowa’s energy future. We’re proud to support the teachers and organizations that promote an interest   in energy.

Larry Beall is the Director of the Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy (IESA), Des Moines Public Schools. He’s also the 2013 Trailblazing Teacher by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of his pioneering work on the Iowa Sustainability Academy. Larry Beall immerses students in environmental learning and action through a two-year program called the Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy (IESA). Now in its fifth year, student demand for the program has risen from 18 to 100. Larry proudly points to graduates of the Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy that have begun further study in wind technology training and Environmental Science majors at many universities.