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The Kenton County School District recently hosted a state energy conference because in August 2005 they opened an elementary school incorporating many high-performance concepts, followed in January 2006 by a new middle school for which they expect LEED silver certification. The district has pursued an aggressive building maintenance and renovation program, spending more than $128...

If all goes well, when the Summer Olympics opens in Beijing in 2008 visitors will see a new, green Olympic athletes' center built expressly for this international event. The state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly building is being planned now with technical consultation from a group of U.S. energy-efficient building experts led by Joe Huang, of Berkeley...

Affordable and community-driven, the green-school movement stands to change the world in which children learn. So what's the holdup? Ten years ago, if an architect said he was designing a green school, most people would have assumed he had decided to paint the façade a pleasant shade of sage. But now it's 2007, and "green...

Sustainability Expert Bob Kobet Outlines Industry Compatibilities with Green Building Goals Charlottesville, VA - The Modular Building Institute (MBI), the international trade association representing commercial modular construction providers, has recognized that modular building units can be a part of any sustainable design and construction effort. MBI has now published a report that provides the membership...

Every school day more than 50 million children and six million adults enter our public schools. Many of these facilities are outdated and in desperate need of repair, maintenance or reconstruction. Despite shifting demographics, school enrollment has increased for the past 19 years while spending has remained relatively unchanged. The result has been a...

Edison, NJ - Nearly 40 representatives from more than 20 New Jersey construction industry companies attended a half-day Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Workshop on March 7, 2006, sponsored by the Building Contractors Association of New Jersey (BCANJ) at the Carpenters Funds building in Raritan Center. Presented by the U.S. Green Building...

Reflections of a volunteer: examining the charrettes dedicated to resurrecting the new orleans schools. In November 2005, more than 10,000 people gathered in Atlanta to participate in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) annual Greenbuild Conference. Attendees from around the world were treated to an impressive array of world class speakers, informative sessions and trade...

Green or high-performance K-12 schools have long been lauded by green building advocates for producing higher test scores and reducing student absenteeism. These claims have been reinforced by recent studies, such as the Heschong Mahone Group study that concluded that students with the best daylighting in the study progressed 20 percent faster on math...

Most human beings, particularly those living in developed nations, spend ninety percent of their time inside buildings. There is an emerging body of literature and growing number of case studies that indicate, that our ongoing and intimate relationship with the built environment has a direct bearing on our physical, emotional and spiritual well being....

"Focus your attention not upon the patterns of Nature frozen in death, but rather upon the dynamic processes which give living pattern and design to Life" Robert A. Macoskey, Process 2000 The Masters of Science in Sustainable Systems (MS3) Program at Slippery Rock University was established in 1990 and charged with preparing students to face the...