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Marshall Christian Academy in Albertville, Ala., has won first place in the "Recycle-Bowl," a competition for U.S. elementary, middle and high school students.
More than 500,000 students from schools in 47 states took part in the contest, collecting as much recycled material as possible from Oct. 17 to Nov. 12, 2011.
The Alabama school achieved the top prize by recycling 41 pounds of waste per child and reducing their landfill waste by half.
Overall, students in the competition recycled an average of 5.32 pounds of material. Keep America Beautiful Inc., the community action organization that staged the competition, says that if all students in the United States recycled at the rate set by students in the competition, about 1.8 million tons of material would be diverted from landfills.
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The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena last month dedicated the Linde+Robinson Laboratory, a renovation of an 80-year-old facility that has received a LEED platinum rating for its environmentally friendly design.
Caltech boasts that the renovated facility is "likely the most energy-efficient laboratory building in the United States." The institute received word last month from the U.S. Green Building Council that the facility's renovation, completed last year, had earned the highest rating for sustainable design--LEED platinum.
What many would call the most noteworthy sustainable element of the renovation was adapting the Robinson Lab's historic solar telescope, installed on the facility's roof decades ago by one of Caltech's founders, to deliver daylight deep into the building, reducing artificial lighting needs and costs.
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Cleveland State University is planning to to install a solar panel system that will cover about 70 percent of the roof at the Wolstein Center, the school's arena and conference center, The Cleveland Plain Dealer says. Read more.
After hearing concerns about noise and distracting views, officials in Sinton, Texas, have rejected plans to allow construction of two wind turbines at the local high school, The Austin American-Statesman says. Read more.
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Prospective students aren't simply looking at traditional factors when selecting a school. Students are more concerned than ever about their impact on the environment, and they demand that academic institutions share their commitment to sustainability, oftentimes beyond the minimum level of environmental compliance standards....
Read the article, "Lighting Demands in Green Schools"
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When it comes to restrooms, frequent and effective cleaning can go unnoticed. But because education facilities have some of the most densely populated buildings in the country, an inadequately maintained restroom is another matter. A simple way to improve how public restrooms are perceived is by using a cleaning protocol that incorporates green cleaners — it will eliminate grime and provide other important benefits...
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