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The U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools has named the Best of Green Schools for 2011. Institutions and individuals in 10 categories are being recognized for their efforts to create sustainable learning environments in schools and universities.
"The Best Of Green Schools 2011 recipients represent high notes for the green schools movement over the past year and were selected from the thousands of examples of leadership we have seen from schools, districts, campuses, cities and states," says Rachel Gutter, director of the center.
Among those honored was the state of Ohio, which has more green school construction projects than any other state: 315 LEED-registered and LEED-certified projects.
Read more about the Best of Green Schools.
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The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin will receive $130,000 in improvements as the grand prize winner in the Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition. The School for the Deaf was selected by a panel of judges out of a pool of more than 220 public, private and charter K-12 schools that submitted proposals for green school renovations. Global Green USA is a non-profit organization focusing on the environment.
The school will receive $65,000 for school renovations and an additional $65,000 worth of technical assistance.
"Unlike other public schools, we live on this campus 24 hours a day and we generate a lot of waste," says Claire Bugen, superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf. "This prize will help us take our fledgling recycling efforts to the next level and install some important tools, like automatic faucets, to help us become more sustainable."
Read more about the Green School Makeover Competition.
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Ransdell Hall, the new home for the College of Education at Western Kentucky University, has received LEED gold certification, The College Heights Herald says. Read more.
The National Environmental Education Foundation has created a Sustainable Energy Award for public high schools that demonstrate a school-wide effort to achieve energy savings. Read more.
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- 20: In years, the length of the agreement that Oklahoma State University signed with utility OG&E to provide wind power for the Stillwater campus. The university says the agreement will enable it to phase out its existing 62-year-old on-campus cogeneration facility and construct a new more efficient boiler/chiller plant.
Source: Oklahoma State University
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2012 Educational Interiors Showcase
- Entry Forms Due: March 7
- Portfolios Due: April 13
- Published: August 2012
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LONG-TERM EDUCATION PLANNING: Energy-efficient buildings on K-16 campuses don't just happen; they result from a thorough, long-range plan carried out by a team of experts. A combination of strategies and tools is needed to design a sustainable master plan that can maximize operational efficiencies and utility cost savings. A sustainable master plan incorporates a holistic approach to future campus needs via the inclusion of energy use, needs and sustainable practices....Read the entire article.
PHOTO FINISH: Solar power can reduce an education institution's dependence on the utility grid by harvesting energy naturally, and lower pollutant emissions by decreasing demand. Using a photovoltaic system also will stabilize a school's energy costs....Read the entire article.
Coming Events
Jan 26-27: MiaGreen 2012 Expo and Conference, Miami Beach, Fla.
Jan. 23-25: International Air-Conditioning, Heating Refrigeration Exposition, (AHR Expo), Chicago
Feb. 1-2: Oregon School Boards Association, Sustainable Schools Conference, Salem
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