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Solar power capacity on higher-education campuses has grown 450 percent over the last three years, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) reports.
The association documented the growing embrace of solar energy in a newly compiled Campus Solar Photovoltaic Installations database. It attributes the increase in solar installations to a 40 percent drop in the installed cost of solar over the last four years and new financing mechanisms.
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Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill., has become the first public high school in the country to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold-level certification for existing buildings from the U.S. Green Building Council.
School officials estimate that the school's annual savings from its energy upgrade are $100,000 per year.
Operational changes to improve energy efficiency include cutting back on electricity and natural gas use during non-school hours, increasing recycling and using less paper.
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The Sangre de Cristo School District in Mosca, Colo., has replaced its boxy, drafty K-12 facility with an 80,000-square-foot campus that officials say is one of the state's most energy-efficient structures, The Denver Post says. Read more.
The McGillis School, a private school in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the first K-12 school in the state to receive a gold LEED certification, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Read more.
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Source: The Detroit Free Press.
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Include Your Project in the 2012 Calendar of Industry Events
American School & University is making plans for the 2012 Calendar of Industry Events, with a limited number of months still available. This is a budget-friendly marketing opportunity for your school or university project. The Calendar will be featured on SchoolDesigns.com and ASUmag.com to view and print throughout 2012.
Sponsorship includes your project featured on a month of the calendar, your logo and project photo in the December 2011 issue of the magazine, a sponsor email announcing the calendar and a custom email just for your project. Plus, your project will be added permanently to the SchoolDesigns.com gallery free of charge with a month as the Featured Project on the home page.
Reserve one of the remaining spots today by emailing Molly Roudebush or calling her at 913.967.1959. Materials due Oct. 28.
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Resource Center
A MODEL SCHOOL FACILITY FOR ENERGY: Building energy modeling is a powerful tool that predicts a school facility's energy usage. Different types of energy models are developed at various stages of a project to provide data that can verify or disprove suggested energy-efficiency measures....Read the entire article.
NATURALLY GREEN: Given the volume of cleaning products that are used in schools each year, using naturally derived cleaners is one way to make real progress toward a school's environmental goals. But schools have concerns: Are green cleaners affordable, and are they effective for restroom use?...Read the entire article.
Coming Events
Oct. 24-25: Associated Builders and Contractors Delaware, Power of Green Conference, Newark, Del.
Nov. 30-Dec. 3: 2011 CitiesAlive, 9th annual Green Roof and Wall Conference, Philadelphia
Dec. 5-9: Ecobuild America 2011, Washington, D.C.
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