Wind Power: An Emerging Choice for Schools
The recent Copenhagen Climate Summit simultaneously highlighted worldwide concerns regarding climate change and international hope for collaborative efforts to re-align the path of human development with the natural systems that sustain it. Nowhere is hope more concentrated than in the education of future generations.
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$25 Million Visual Arts Center Goes for LEED Certification
Higher Ed. Association Introduces Green Standard
WASHINGTON — The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education introduced a new sustainability tracking program designed to provide a framework for colleges and universities to gauge their progress with green initiatives.
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New Orleans Opens Schools Part of $1.6 Billion Plan
NEW ORLEANS — A $1.6 billion master plan to rebuild schools here is coming to fruition with the fall opening of Langston Hughes Elementary School.
The 96,000-square-foot facility is the first school to open in New Orleans since 2003 and is the first public building to open since Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding caused widespread damage in 2005, according to officials.
Several schools planned under the 15-year master plan for the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board are scheduled to open in coming months.
Read moreFeds Provide H1N1 Virus Guidelines for Schools
ATLANTA – The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education recently released new guidelines to plan
Read moreBronx Multi-Use Facility Will Pair Community Center With School
NEW YORK — Officials broke ground on the $83 million New Settlement Community Campus, a pre-K-through-12th-grade public school in the
Read moreIllinois Debuts LEED for Schools Campus
WARRENVILLE, Ill. — Hubble Middle School, the first LEED for Schools middle school campus registered in Illinois, opened its doors
Read moreConstruction Continues on $83 Million University Expansion
CARBONDALE, Ill. — An $83 million expansion and renovation that will dramatically change athletic facilities at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is
Read moreLACCD Budgets $30 Million for Art Installations
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Community College District recently adopted a resolution to provide funds for public art at
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