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Maryland District Focuses on Green Schools - 10/13/04

Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland is a system unwilling to merely dabble in energy efficiency. Its approach is ambitious and growing as it pursues multiple paths to efficiency. The system has 191 schools and more to be built as the county’s population grows on the sprawling northwestern side of the Washington metropolitan area. The system’s Green Schools Focus program includes education, operational changes, retrofits for existing buildings, increasingly strong standards for new construction, and pressure for reductions in electricity consumption.  ...   More

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High Performance School Design

High Performance School Design

This Web site provides interactive courses offered free of charge as a public benefit for design and engineering professionals specializing in sustainable design for K-12 schools. High performance school design integrates daylighting, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency to build a school that runs efficiently, saves money, protects natural resources, and provides superior visual, acoustical, and thermal comfort. More

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HPS Basic Technical seminar- East Point, GA- Oct 20, 2004

Rebuild America, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and Fulton County Schools are presenting a basic high performance schools design seminar. The program is designed for K-12 superintendents, business officials, school board members, and facilities and energy managers interested in high performance school design and energy-efficient technologies. Energy experts will address high performance school builiding design and process; lighting and lighting controls; mechanical, commissioning and recycling; energy modeling; renewable energy technologies; reflective roofing; HVAC and more.

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Sector Brief

For more information about the sector download this two page Program Brief (Oct. 2003).

EnergySmart Schools Project Records

K-12 Schools Reported Projects: 275 Committed, 321 Completed

Number of Project Records Submitted: 596
As of October 1, 2004.

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