Building Green - Schools
| Organizations helping green schools: | |
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www.buildgreenschools.org |
USGBC's Build Green Schools. Learn what makes green schools better for students. Learn about local, state and federal initiatives to promote and support green schools. Learn about LEED, the national benchmark for high-performance schools. Find videos, research, case studies and other resources. Read the most recent green schools news. *** |
www.ase.org |
Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools Program engages students in creating energy-saving activities in their schools, using hands-on, real-world projects. Green Schools helps schools use energy efficiently through architectural, operational and behavioral changes. |
www1.eere.energy.gov |
U.S. Department of Energy's Energysmart Schools web site- resources and information on planning, financing, design and building, operations and maintenance. |
www.aashe.org |
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is an association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada working to create a sustainable future. It was founded in 2006 with a mission to promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education - from governance and operations to curriculum and outreach - through education, communication, research and professional development. Businesses, NGO's, and government agencies can participate as AASHE partner members. Lots of info. *** |
www.usgbc.org |
"Greening America’s Schools: Costs and Benefits" October 2006. A Capital E Report. The Financial Benefits of Green Schools. PDF. *** |
www.documents.dgs.ca.gov |
Grid Neutral: Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges. 49-page how-to explains what to do to transform campuses to carbon neutral. Details ways to pay for grid-neutral projects from power purchase agreements to seeking aid. PDF. |
archrecord.construction.com |
Schools of the 21st Century Web site. The latest thinking and ideas on the Planning and Design of k-12 School Buildings.A supplement of Architectural Record. |
www.chps.net |
Collaborative for High Performance Schools- facilitates the design, construction and operation of schools whose environments are not only energy and resource efficient, but also healthy, comfortable, well lit, and containing the amenities for a quality education. |
www.edfacilities.org |
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities at the National Institute of Building Sciences resource lists includes descriptions of books, studies, reports, and journal articles as well as links to online publications and websites. Lots of info. *** |
www.loginandlearn.com |
Energy Efficiency Campus part of LogInAndLearn.com- a platform for energy efficiency education, resources and associated links. |
| Reuse: | |
www.publicarchitecture.org |
Design for Reuse Primer Features 15 public projects - a guide to public building reuse. PublicArchitecture.org |
| Schools of Interest: | |
www.youtube.com |
Chartwell School- the first complete educational campus awarded LEED Platinum "Did it cost more? They limited extra initial cost to 5-10% above conventional design for each item. Using life cycle cost analysis, which includes savings on operating costs, the high performance, green features of our new campus will eventually more than pay for themselves and result in long-term savings in operating costs. They will also enhance learning outcomes for students." |
leedcasestudies.usgbc.org |
USGBC: Arlington, VA, School Building Recreation, K-12 education, New construction, 50,300 sq. feet . Two 11,000-gallon tanks store rainwater for onsite irrigation, sidewalk washing, and other uses. |
www.nytimes.com |
"The Sustainable Hampton" State University of New York’s newest campus is sustainable in design and curriculum. NY Times Article. |
greensource.construction.com |
Garthwaite Center at the Cambridge School of Weston, Massachusetts,a K-12 private school, houses science laboratory classrooms; faculty offices; a meeting space; atrium; gallery space, etc... Green Source. |
www.yale.edu |
Yale’s new 'Green' Sculpture Building is a 51,000 sq. ft. space that houses undergraduate and graduate Sculpture programs of the School of Art. |
Recent Issues Blog Posts
Methane hydrate, will it be a godsend and replace dirty coal and oil within the next five years, or will it delay our investment in renewable energy and set us on an ever longer road of hydrocarbon addiction?
A destruction of the world's resources, leaving long term greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and habitat loss.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme have just listed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) a "global threat" after the release of a collaborative study.
Recent Building Blog Posts
The earth-house uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from temperature extremes, wind, rain and extreme weather events.
Underground homes with a modern bent. A large thermal mass stabilizes inside temperatures, giving you free heat in the winter, free cooling in the summer.
For those in northern, high altitude or windy climates who wish to grow their food year round. Take advantage of the insulating properties of the Earth.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Yao Lu an emerging Chinese artist digitally reworks photos of garbage into traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.
a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world...
