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The University of California-Berkeley gets students involved in sustainable programs as Residential Sustainability Education Coordinators (RSECs) who help educate others in their residence halls about the environment and ways to conserve natural resources. The RSECs work closely with the campus Recycling & Refuse Services, but they also work with water, energy, transportation and other issues. |
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A new science building at Green River Community College (Auburn, WA) combines science education with sustainability. Features include a lab ventilation system that uses a heat recovery system for fume hood exhaust, variable air volume and space occupancy sensors that reduce air changes per hour, and sharing mechanical systems with their existing Technology Center. The new building is also located in a forest, which allowed the trees on site to be preserved and detention ponds to be used as rain gardens. |
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The Los Angeles Community College District has one of America’s largest green building education projects underway, with a policy calling for all new buildings that are funded with at least 50 percent bond money must be built to LEED standards. As a result, among the green strategies on their nine campuses are energy-efficient climate control systems, wind power, daylighting, and other technologies like a special coating that reacts to sunlight by forming cleansing agents for the building. East Los Angeles College has a 1.2 MW solar farm with solar panels installed above carports helping save $400,000 in energy costs. |
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