 “Green” building
or sustainable building practices can reduce the tremendous impact that building
design, construction, and maintenance have on both people and the environment.
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Green building construction and
renovation can significantly save schools energy, water, and facility costs.
State funding for school construction and renovation encourages green building.
Green-built, high performance schools, result in lower teacher/student absence
rates and higher test scores. Green-built schools can also reduce the energy
and material consumption in buildings that contributes to global climate
change.
U.S. Green Building Council
www.usgbc.org
A non-profit composed of leaders
from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that
are environmentally responsible, profitable
and healthy places to live and work. The Council's core purpose is to transform
the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling
an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment
that improves the quality of life. USGBC administers LEED certification for
professionals including the building trades.
California Energy Commission
High Performance Schools
www.consumerenergycenter.org/school/hp_schools.html
Resources
for developing High Performance Schools, which are healthy, productive for
students and teachers, cost-effective, easy to operate and maintain, and
sustainable.
Sustainable Buildings Industrial Council
www.sbicouncil.org/store/hpsb_rsg.php
High
Performance School buildings: 7 page Resource and Strategic Guide.
Green Building Schools
Resource List
www.nesea.org/buildings/greenschoolsresources.html
A
comprehensive list of websites providing information on high performance schools
and renewable energy.
City of San José
Environmental Services Department
Green Building Program
200 East Santa Clara Street, 10th Floor Tower
San José, CA 95113
Jennifer Seguin: (408) 975-2543
jennifer.seguin@sanjoseca.gov
www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/natural-energy-resources/greenbuilding.htm
Local
green building resources and ideas for San Jose Schools.
SchoolFacilities.com
www.schoolfacilities.com/
Web
site and free e-newsletter promoting clean, safe, secure, and modern learning
environments.
City of San José Go Green Schools Program
School Facility Assessments
sjgreenschools@sanjoseca.gov
Learn
specific ways schools and school districts can save money on water, energy
and waste with environmental practices and rebates.
California Energy Commission
Bright Schools Program
1516 Ninth Street, MS-26
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 654 4089
Email: eshirakh@energy.state.ca.us
www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/brightschools/
The Bright Schools Program can help
schools get the most from renovation and maintenance investments, along with
energy efficient designs for new construction.
The program offers free services to identify schools’ energy hogs and
provide cost effective energy saving solutions for both existing and planned
K-12 school facilities. The Energy Efficiency Financing Program provides low
interest loans at 3.95% that have helped over 300 school districts install
over $39 million in cost saving projects in their schools.
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