Mountain Do. |
Profiles Colorado's Aspen Middle School, featuring mountain views from every room, abundant daylighting, flexible room partitions, and a LEED Gold rating. Plans, photographs, building statistics... |
12/31/2008 |
Murrieta Mesa High School. |
Profiles this new California high school that exceeds the state energy requirements by 29.4%. |
12/31/2009 |
New Mexico School District Puts Building Requirements On A LEED Silver Platter |
The Albuquerque school district now requires that each new school achieve a minimum certification of LEED Silver. The executive director of school capital describes why. |
05/31/2011 |
New Sidwell Middle School a Living Component to D.C. Campus. |
Profiles design, construction, and operational features of the new Sidwell Friends School that earned it the highest (platinum) LEED certification, and offers features useful to the educational... |
10/26/2006 |
Nintendo Generation Gives it a Green Thumbs Up. |
Profiles Vacaville, California's Fairmont Elementary School. The highly energy-efficient school exceeds government standards by 30 percent, featuring natural lighting, displacement ventilation,... |
08/31/2009 |
North Central Junior High, North Liberty, Iowa. |
Profiles this new school that features so much daylighting that artificial light may not be necessary. The building is oriented to follow the sun's passage, is geothermally heated and cooled,... |
06/30/2007 |
North Clackamas High School: A Model for Green Design. |
The active and passive energy-saving features of the building envelope and interior heating/cooling/lighting systems ensure that the new Clackamas High School, with its daylighting, open spaces,... |
12/31/2001 |
North Dakota High School Champions Education, Environment Over Aesthetics. |
Profiles Turtle Mountain Community High School, a Chippewa Indian reservation facility that maintains a very low profile, blank design into which the occupants intend to incorporate the tribe's... |
10/31/2007 |
Northeast High Performance Schools Exchange. Case Studies. |
NEEP's High Performance School Exchange has compiled a list of case studies on 60 schools in the Northeast that have been recently constructed, renovated, or are currently under construction and... |
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NZEB in Progress. |
Case study of the Evie Garrett Dennis Campus in Denver, a multi-school K-12 campus that takes first steps toward achieving net zero energy. |
03/31/2012 |
Opening Windows to Cutting-Edge Education Design. |
Features the Center for Energy Efficient Design (CEED), a Franklin County public middle school located in Rocky Mount, Virginia and designed and built by Structures Design/Build. Unlike any other... |
05/25/2011 |
Orchard School Library Addition |
Describes a library addition to the Orchard School in San Jose, California that connects the elementary and middle school areas. The library's sustainable design includes a high-performance... |
11/30/2011 |
Outside the Box. |
Profiles a new science wing at a Dallas private school, describing the design, LEED features, and funding. Photographs, plans, and a list of project participants are included. |
12/31/2009 |
Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Schools and Community, The Rosa Parks School. [Video] |
This video profiles the Rosa Parks School, which opened in 2007 to students in one of the most impoverished areas of Portland, Oregon. Facing a burgeoning population and a tightened budget, Portland... |
02/28/2009 |
Passing the Green Test. |
Profiles the Great Seneca Creek Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland. The high-performance facility includes a geoexchange HVAC system, low- and no-water use restroom fixtures, use of... |
06/30/2008 |
Pathway to Sustainable Schools. |
Describes the process by which Colorado's Poudre School District created a prototype sustainable elementary school. PSD developed sustainable design guidelines to ensure all new construction... |
12/31/2002 |
Pioneering Green Pays Off. |
Profiles Massachusetts' Monument Valley Middle School, describing it's many sustainable features. These include a geothermal HVAC system, heat recovery units, extra insulation, photovoltaic... |
01/31/2007 |
Place-based Learning: Interactive Learning and Net-Zero Design |
Case study of the Music and Science Building for Oregon's Hood River Middle School where Food and conservation science curriculum, net-zero design and student-based building performance... |
11/30/2011 |
Placing Students First: Promoting Innovation in Sustainable Design. |
Describes the innovative features of the Truckee Middle School in Truckee, California. The school utilizes daylighting, environmentally sensitive building materials, water management and geothermal... |
08/31/2003 |
Plano Elementary School: Small Steps, Big Savings. |
Profiles this Kentucky school that is the latest success of the Warren County Public Schools. The district's energy saving steps began with encouraging conservation within existing buildings,... |
09/30/2009 |
Platinum Power. |
Describes Boston's Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, detailing the abundant features which earned it a LEED Platinum rating, including natural ventilation, daylighting, and an extensive... |
12/31/2005 |
Pre School. At the Watkinson School, a pre-engineered building blends environmental science with ethics. |
Description of the pre-engineered buildings produced by Project Frog for the Watkinson School in Hartford, Connecticut, a venue for secondary level lectures, seminars, and laboratory work dedicated... |
12/31/2011 |
Project Profile: Clearview Elementary, Hanover, Pennsylvania. |
Profiles this green school that cost 2.5% more to build, but returns $18,000 per year in energy cost savings. This amount will pay back the additional construction cost in nine years. Daylighting, a... |
12/31/2006 |
Project Profile: Rosa Parks Elementary School, Portland, Oregon |
Case study of LEED Gold certified elementary school. Green framework not only reduced operational expenses and provided a healthier school environment but complemented and supported the educational... |
12/31/2007 |
Project Profile: West Brazos Junior High School, Brazoria, Texas |
Case study of LEED certified Texas junior high school, designed by SHW Group, that achieved a 4, 5, and 7% point increase on mathematics, reading, and social studies tests, respectively; built for 18... |
12/31/2007 |