Green Schools Campaign
RESOURCES
Chapter LEED for Schools Advocate Chapter Executive Director Chapter President _____________________________________________________________________________
USGBC RESOURCES
Green Schools Power Point, Videos, Case Studies, and much more, www.buildgreenschools.org LEED for Schools 101 On-Line Course, free, http://ces.pratt.edu/demo/schools.jsp About Green Schools, U. S. Green Building Council web site, http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1640 LEED for Schools, Reference Guide, Abridged Version for Public Use http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2593 “Greening America’s Schools: Costs and Benefits”, Gregory Kats, A Capital E Report, http://www.cap-e.com/ewebeditpro/items/O59F11233.pdf Back to School: Become A Green School Advocate, Treehugger, http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/back_to_school_3.php GREENBUILD 2007 Video Archives, http://www.greenbuild365.org Bill Clinton’s new national green school retrofit program. USGBC New York Upstate Chapter Website, www.greenupstateny.org _____________________________________________________________________________
FUNDING ASSISTANCE
NYSERDA, PON 1155, http://www.nyserda.org/Funding/1155pon.asp _____________________________________________________________________________
GREEN SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
The Top 10 Green Schools in the Country, 2005 http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/109/schools The Sierra Club’s Top 10 Sustainable Campuses http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200711/coolschools/ten.asp
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Lake Bluff school goes for efficiency, (Illinois) http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=91110&src=3 “Little” Green Schoolhouse Rises in Whitemore Lake, April 2007, CAM Magazine http://www.wlps.net/info/CAM%20Article.pdf ____________________________________________________________________________
GREEN SCHOOL E-NEWSLETTER
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OTHER GREEN SCHOOL RATING SYSTEMS/GREEN GUIDELINES
New York Collaborative for High Performance Schools (NY CHPS) http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/facplan/documents/NY-CHPS_Sep2007finalNYSERDA.doc Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS), Higher Ed Rating System from AASHE (Association for the advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) http://www.aashe.org/stars/ Collaborative for High Performance Schools, California High-Performance Schools. www.chps.net Green Schools Initiative, The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) and the Massachusetts Department of Education’s School Building Assistance Program (SBA) have teamed up for this pilot program to provide school districts in Massachusetts with the information and resources necessary to help them design and build high performance, resource and energy efficient green schools. www.mtpc.org/RenewableEnergy/Green_Schools.htm Illinois Resource Guide for Healthy, High Performing School Buildings, http://www.cdb.state.il.us/schools/HealthySchoolsGuide.pdf New York City Green Schools Guide, http://source.nycsca.org/pdf/nycgsg-031507.pdf Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools Protocol, Version 1.1, 2005, Massachusetts, http://www.neep.org/HPSE/NECHPS/Northeastchpsmay2007edits.pdf Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) High Performance School Buildings Resource and Strategy Guide, http://www.sbicouncil.org/ _____________________________________________________________________________
STUDIES & REPORTS
Ash Creek Intermediate School Case Study, http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/school/docs/ashcreek.PDF Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning, The National Academies of Science Report, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11756
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Seattle City Light, IAQ and Daylighting Case Studies in educational buildings, http://www.seattle.gov/light/conserve/sustainability/studies/cv5_sl.htm
K-12 SCHOOLS
EPA, IAQ Design Tools for Schools, Provides both detailed guidance as well as links to other information resources to help design new schools as well as repair, renovate and maintain existing facilities. www.epa.gov/iaq/schooldesign/ EnergySmart Schools, is an integral and active part of the Rebuild America program, committed to building a nation of schools that are smart about every aspect of energy. www.rebuild.org/sectors/k12.asp Go-Green Initiative, teachers, parents and students greening their schools' waste streams. http://www.gogreeninitiative.org/ Green Charter Schools - Public charter schools with environment-focused educational programs and practices are springing up in several states. The GREEN CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK, a new national organization, intends to foster the creation of many more environment-focused schools throughout the country. http://www.greencharterschools.org/ Green Schools, Helps schools use energy efficiently through changes in the behavior of building users and changes in operational and maintenance routines. http://www.ase.org/greenschools/about.htm Green Schools Alliance, Launched on World Environment Day June 5, 2007, the GSA recognizes and will support the leadership role that schools, as a critical mass, can play in solving our environmental and climate challenges. www.greenschoolsalliance.org/ Green Schools Alliance Launches New York Pilot Program, October 11, 2007, Inspired by Mayor Bloomberg’s PLANYC climate initiative, the GSA has issued a voluntary nationwide CallTo-Action in the form of a Climate Commitment Pledge. Piloted in New York, the Pledge asks all N to 12 schools to become carbon neutral by 2020, the first step being to reduce every school's greenhouse gas footprint by at least 30 percent in the next 5 years. http://www.greenschoolsalliance.org/GSAnewyork/index.html Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool, Version 2[HealthySEAT] http://www.epa.gov/schools/healthyseat/index.html The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presents the second version of its free software tool that helps school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety, and health issues. HealthySEAT is designed to be customized and used by district-level staff to conduct voluntary self-assessments of their school facilities and to track and manage information on environmental conditions school by school. EPA has also included critical elements of all of its regulatory and voluntary programs for schools, as well as web links to more detailed information. Enhancements for Version 2 include user-defined custom checklists, custom notification letters, additional and updated reports and forms, new navigation improvements, email functionality, changes in terminology, and additional documentation. Healthy Schools Network, Inc., A national not for profit organization, centered on children’s environmental health, and dedicated to assuring every child and school employee an environmentally safe and healthy school. www.healthyschools.org
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Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland, Green Building Program, http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/facilities/schools2green/index.shtm National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, www.edfacilities.org Schools/Local Government Energy Program, Provides a number of integrated services to assist school districts and other units of local government in setting up and maintaining effective energy efficiency programs. http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/schools&gov.htm Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C., LEED Platinum, http://www.sidwell.edu/green_tour/ Walker Elementary School, McKinney, Texas, Virtual Tour, http://www.matrixtours.com/tours/walkerelementary/ _____________________________________________________________________________
COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
Ithaca College, The Sustainability Initiative, http://www.ithaca.edu/sustainability/ Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium, an informal network of higher education associations (HEAs) with a commitment to advancing sustainability within their constituencies and within the system of higher education itself. http://www.aashe.org/heasc/ Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) is a leading international non-profit organization working to strengthen the capacity of colleges and universities to make sustainability and environmental literacy a major focus of teaching, research, service, and operations. ULSF is the secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (1990). http://www.ulsf.org/ Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, AASHE is a professional, membership-based association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Our mission is to promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education - from governance and operations to curriculum and outreach - through education, communication, research and professional development. Businesses, NGO's, and government agencies can join as AASHE partners. http://www.aashe.org Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) is a leading international non-profit organization working to strengthen the capacity of colleges and universities to make sustainability and environmental literacy a major focus of teaching, research, service, and operations. ULSF is the secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (1990). http://www.ulsf.org/ Campus Climate Challenge, Stopping global warming will require nothing less than a complete transformation of our economy and society. As youth we are leading the way, transforming our campuses and challenging our leaders to wake up to the challenge. http://www.campusclimatechallenge.org/ National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology- www.nwf.org/campuseclolgy/index.cfm
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Net Impact's Campus Greening Initiative (CGI) is a new program to help Net Impact student members put their beliefs into action through campus environmental sustainability efforts. The goals of the CGI are to use business skills to improve universities' impact on the environment, as well as to raise awareness of environmental problems and solutions among emerging business leaders. We also will provide participating members with tangible project management, analytical, and change management skills and experiences. http://netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=557 Student Environmental Action Coalition, Since 1988, the Student Environmental Action Coalition has been empowering students and youth to fight for environmental and social justice in our schools and communities. We are building networks, teaching skills, educating about issues, and putting our ideas into practice with campaigns. We have conferences, email lists, a magazine, trainings, caucuses, campaign packets, organizing guides, and some really fun people. http://www.seac.org/ Talloires Declaration, Composed in 1990 at an international conference in Talloires, France, this is the first official statement made by university administrators of a commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education. The Talloires Declaration (TD) is a ten-point action plan for incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities. It has been signed by over 300 university presidents and chancellors in over 40 countries. http://www.ulsf.org/programs_talloires.html University of Buffalo, (The State University of New York) High Performance Building Guidelines, http://wings.buffalo.edu/ubgreen/guidelines.html University of Illinois Recycling Program www.oandm.uiuc.edu/secondary/secondary.cfm?page=Recycling University of Montana – Missoula, Greening UM, www.umt.edu/committees/sustainable/ University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) assists colleges and universities in making sustainability an integral part of curriculum, research, operations and outreach. ULSF is also the secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (1990), which has been signed by more than 300 university presidents and chancellors around the world. http://www.ulsf.org/ World Watch Institute Campus Greening Initiatives, As a vital part of a country’s growth, it only makes sense that universities should play a key role in ensuring the sustainability of important resources like energy and water. http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/458
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