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A new elementary school in the Palmyra Area (PA) district will seek LEED certification. The school will have a geothermal heating/cooling system, will use 20 to 40 percent less water, and will have a green roof with plantings to reduce water runoff and reduce energy use. There will also be extensive use of daylighting, and bike racks and showers for staff use. |
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When G.D. Rodgers Gardens Elementary School opens this fall in Bradenton, FL, it will be the first certified green school in the county. The school incorporates high-efficiency air conditioning and building materials that don’t give off chemicals, along with environmental themes like marine life and energy and transportation alternatives included in the curriculum. |
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Plans for a $35 million expansion and renovation of the Central Bucks East High School in Buckingham (PA) include geothermal heating, solar arrays, energy-efficient lights, light-powered sinks, and waterless urinals. Skylights and windows will also be installed in the existing portion of the school to allow more natural light inside. The architect for the project noted that these features will help serve as a teaching tool for the students in addition to making the school more sustainable and efficient. They also explained that the green roof will include a special variety of grass that won’t need to be mowed and will be planted in larger planters. The grass will absorb storm water and will create better insulation than a typical school roof. There will be a stairway to the roof so students and teachers can get to the roof for environmental education. They are also considering adding a wind turbine as a teaching tool. |
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River Crest Elementary School (Hudson, WI) has been designed to perform as much as 35 percent more efficiently than the LEED baseline. The use of low-flow lavatories, dual-flush toilets, waterless urinals and other water-saving fixtures will cut water use by 40 percent. The site has been designed to retain rainwater, and is being landscaped with native prairie grasses to eliminate watering and reduce maintenance. It will serve as an outdoor classroom. |
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AP Giannini Middle School (San Francisco, CA) has a 1-kW solar array, one of a number of systems provided to schools as part of the PG&E Solar Schools program. A highlight of its dedication ceremony was participation by students from Evergreen 6 in Paradise, CA, who had been awarded a similar system the year before. Students from their school came to San Francisco and set up a station outside the school with solar cooking, solar beads, facts about the sun, a solar telescope, hydrogen car, and other displays and demonstrations. |
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