Posted: November 18, 2007
Work will begin next month on a $73 million reconstruction of Boca Ciega High School, the most expensive school project Pinellas has ever undertaken – and arguably the most unusual one. Read more...
Posted: November 15, 2007
A planned new building at The Lucy School in Middletown, Md., will "grow" in the curve of a hill, surrounded by trees, trails and meadows. Read more...
Posted: November 15, 2007
Val Rossetti, a spokesperson for the Conservation, Energy and Environment Committee, confirmed that Bloomfield, Conn., would soon earn a free $10,000 solar panel. The Town Council also approved a motion charging the town's school building committees to require LEED-Silver certification for the renovations to the town's school buildings. Read more...
Posted: November 8, 2007
Watauga County, N.C., is taking the “LEED” in building a new energy-efficient school, pursuing what could be the first high school facility in the state that is certified as “green.” Read More...
Posted: November 7, 2007
Former President Bill Clinton announced at Greenbuild 2007 efforts to help make the nation's schools more sustainable by retrofitting existing buildings to use less energy and fewer hazardous materials. A quarter of American students attend school in dangerous buildings, but renovations can save money and create long-term health and educational benefits, he said. Read More...
Posted: November 6, 2007
What if the Jefferson High School campus was rebuilt with a state-of-the-art athletic complex, a sky bridge to Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus across the street, as well as a new elementary school, housing and mixed-use development on site? Read More...
Posted: November 5, 2007
With a promise to monitor parking and traffic at its site, High Tech High North County got the green light from the Planning Commission to move forward with plans for permanent high school and middle school buildings on its 5-acre site on San Marcos Boulevard at Discovery Street. The school opened in September with temporary buildings at the same location. Read More...
Posted: October 29, 2007
Every day, 20 percent of Americans wake up, eat breakfast, and walk, bike, or drive to school. Once there, many students and teachers spend their days in classrooms with walls covered in toxic paint, breathing congested air, and squinting from inadequate lighting. Read More...
Posted: October 26, 2007
The three-story, 176,000-square-foot Hector P. Garcia Middle School, which opened in August in Oak Cliff, Texas, is one of only two green schools in North Texas. Read more...
Posted: October 20, 2007
Extension cords snake along the floor, aluminum ladders are propped against unpainted walls and construction workers are all over the place, but the new Royal Oak Middle School still drew high praise during a preview tour. Read more...
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