Posted: April 30, 2008
The Kansas City Environmental Education Network wants to be a part of everything green, from curriculum to buildings. Operated through the Mid-America Regional Council, the network partners regional environmental education groups with educators throughout the Kansas City metro area. Read more...
Posted: April 29, 2008
One school a day. That’s the rate America’s schools are registering for the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED certification program for green schools, signaling their intent to build and operate schools that are more energy and water efficient, which will save taxpayers money. Green schools also have significantly improved indoor air quality, and that results in healthier kids. Read more...
Posted: April 26, 2008
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — A Routt County school district is taking a giant step toward renewable energy. South Routt School District employees are replacing coal-fired boilers with a system that will be fueled by wood pellets from plants in nearby Kremmling or Walden. Read more...
Posted: April 26, 2008
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — South Routt schools are conducting an energy 180. The South Routt School District could be the last in Colorado to heat its schools with coal. In a matter of months — after the hazardous coal boilers installed in 1970 are removed and replaced — it could also be the first Colorado school district to heat a school with biomass, using wood pellets from plants in Kremmling or Walden. Read more...
Posted: April 26, 2008
HOLIDAY, Fla. — Gulf Trace Elementary School celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday in a most enlightened way, by leaving the lights off. The school operated on as little electricity as possible, going without lights or air-conditioning throughout most of the day, in an extreme show of energy conservation. Even the school cafeteria went without power. Read more...
Posted: April 25, 2008
The way Joshua Radoff calculates it, building a school that's LEED-certified — that is, that's built according to stringent energy efficiency and other holistic and sustainability design criteria — adds about $3 per square foot to the cost of the project. Read more...
Posted: April 24, 2008
MADISON, Wis. — As Earth week continues, one local elementary school is being recognized for setting an example with its eco-friendly, energy-efficient plan. Read more...
Posted: April 21, 2008
Bethel Middle School at Bryant is Arkansas' first LEED-certified high-performance school. A LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) silver plaque presentation ceremony, which includes the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader in Education award, will be held Monday at 1 p.m. Read more...
Posted: April 14, 2008
Delaware Valley schools are going green! Two examples are Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia and the P.S. duPont Elementary School in Wilmington, DE, both on the cutting edge of eco-friendly construction. Both schools are engaged in LEED-registered construction projects. Read more...
Posted: April 13, 2008
Low gas-emitting paint and carpeting, lights tripped by motion sensors, solar roof fabric and waterless urinals are just some of the environmentally friendly staples that will be found in new Palm Beach County schools. The school board is the first in South Florida and perhaps in the state to pledge an all-green building program. Read more...
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