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Getting the Most from Your Energy Dollar: The High-Performance School. |
Discusses the lowering costs of building energy-efficient schools, which now can cost no more to build than traditional schools. The key is coordinated design, with all members of the design and... |
06/30/2008 |
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Go for the LEED. [LEED Certification for Schools.] |
Advocates creation of high performance green schools that can serve as a center for the community and as a participant in the curriculum. |
03/31/2009 |
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Go Green Initiative |
Supports a comprehensive environmental action plans for schools, businesses, organizations and homes. By promoting environmental stewardship on campuses from preschools through universities, the GGI... |
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Go Green. |
Discusses ten significant reason to embrace sustainable design in school design and construction: to save energy, water, and money; reduce pollution; improve health; provide educational opportunities... |
11/30/2007 |
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Go Home With a Green Classroom: High Performance Prefab Classrooms. |
Describes the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) new Prefab Classroom program that expands the CHPS Verified program to provide a certification for high performance modular and... |
07/31/2011 |
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Go Modular: Go Green. |
Summarizes potential sustainable features of modular construction, highlighting opportunities in the LEED categories of Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and... |
06/30/2008 |
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Going Green by Thinking Blue. |
Discusses the use of rainwater as a teaching tool, by creating rain gardens bioswales, permeable pavers, and green roofs at school facilities. Explanations of these four features and advice on how to... |
03/31/2009 |
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Going Green Can Mean Savings for Schools, Districts. |
Outlines typical building features that contribute to sustainability. These include cool roofs, daylighting, energy-efficient artificial lighting, displacement ventilation, low-VOC carpet and... |
03/31/2009 |
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Going Green for Sustainability's Sake. |
Narrates the experience of the Whitmore Lake, Michigan, community in building a LEED-certified high school that included preservation and moving of an historic farmhouse on the site and construction... |
12/31/2006 |
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Going Green. |
A National Research Council Canada study evaluates green roof systems' thermal performances. Green and modified bitumen roof systems are compared. |
08/31/2002 |
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Going Green. |
Discusses the benefits that schools and universities can gain by adopting environmentally sensitive practices in their design and operations. Includes resources for locating additional information... |
06/30/2001 |
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Going Green: Eco-Friendly Schools. You Can't Ignore the Benefits of Eco-friendly Schools. |
Discusses the benefits of going eco-friendly schools and features Great Seneca Creek Elementary School in Germantown, Maryland. The school's 296,000-square-foot building--which runs on wind and... |
12/31/2006 |
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Going Green: Environmentally Friendly Schools Pay Off. |
Describes California's Inderkum High School, its geothermal HVAC system, and the savings anticipated from the system. The rapid spread of high performance schools in California and the role of... |
04/09/2008 |
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Going Solar in Green Schools. |
Outlines the top considerations for education facilities looking to bring solar power to campus, including financing options and partnerships. |
03/31/2011 |
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Going Solar. |
Describes cost savings to a school by using solar power. The article also addresses financing options and available rebates. |
04/30/2011 |
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Going?Going?Green. |
Discusses how the mandated phasing out of the most common refrigerant, HCFC R-22, will affect future cooling-system decisions for schools. Address the relevant legislation, environmental implications... |
08/31/2002 |
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GoinGreen. |
Briefly profiles sustainability efforts in schools, including recycling computers, centralized hibernation commands to computers, sophisticated HVAC systems that adjust to outdoor temperature and... |
10/15/2008 |
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Good Stewards. |
Discusses ways to achieve high peformance schools through integrated design, energy benchmarking, site selection and orientation, envelope design and materials, and innovative HVAC systems. |
08/31/2008 |
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Grading Green Results. |
Discusses three universities' experience with sustainable design. Despite minor issues, all three institutions are saving energy and are pleased as well with the ability to use the building as a... |
08/31/2010 |
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Great Green Schools. |
Green Guide's description of award-winning green schools: Case Middle School at Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii; Clackamas High School, Clackamas, Oregon; Clearview Elementary School, Hanover,... |
04/30/2006 |
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Green (Sustainable) Urban Educational Facilities. |
Sustainable green schools are places where it is obvious that there is a concern for a sustainable future. This is shown in the practical decisions in the design of the facilities and school sites,... |
03/31/2000 |
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Green 2.0. |
Reviews the current state of green school construction in the United States, noting the ongoing revelation that a slightly higher construction cost can use 30 percent less water and energy, yielding... |
03/31/2009 |
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Green Acres. |
Profiles some higher education and K-12 efforts at creating sustainable schools, either by following the guidelines of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) or of the Green Building... |
09/30/2006 |
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Green and Healthy Schools, Cincinnati. |
This video narrates Cincinnati Public Schools' early successes in creating green and healthy schools, including explanations of how the program got started, the stakeholders involved, community... |
12/31/2007 |
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Green as the New Norm. |
Reviews the advent of sustainable school design from a cult topic to a standard in the last five years. While only 120 K-12 facilities have received LEED certification so far, more than 1,000 schools... |
01/31/2009 |
