John Henry Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC)

1. John Henry Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC) US Green Building Council-NJ Chapter Green School Advocate jhenry@eirc.org

3. USGBC Green Schools Advocacy Campaign In order to achieve the vision of “green schools for every child within a generation,” we must not only build new schools that are green, we have to transform our existing schools.

4. Curriculum designed and integrated using the building systems as a teaching tool must be part of the green building process. If not, schools miss an opportunity to operate and maintain a school in a way that will ensure that the features that made them green will be sustained over a long period of time. Schools are the focal point of community sustainability

5. LEED for Schools… • Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2007 • Inspired the creation of the national Green Schools initiative • LEED Is the nationally recognized benchmark for building green • schools • The LEED Rating System recognizes the unique nature of the design • and construction of K-12 schools • Provides a unique, comprehensive tool for schools that wish to • build green or transition an existing building with measurable results • Certification provides parents, teachers and the community with • a “report card” for their school buildings – verifying that the school has • been built to meet the highest level of performance

6. What is a Green School? • Green School /grEn skül / n. a school building or facility that creates a healthy environment that is conducive to learning while saving energy, resources and money • Benefits of green schools • A healthy, productive learning environment • Improved teacher retention • Financial savings • Hands-on learning • Environmentally Friendly USGBC, Green Schools Campaign • A Green School: • Improves education through hands-on, real-world learning about energy and energy efficiency • Strengthens schools by saving money on energy costs The Alliance for Saving Energy

7. A high performance school is: Healthy Comfortable Energy Efficient Material Efficient Easy to Maintain and Operate Environmentally Responsive Site A Building that teaches Safe and Secure Community Recourse Stimulating Architecture Adaptable to Changing Needs Opportunity to increase academic performance by engaging students in real-world experiences relevant to their life What is a Green School? Some call green schools “high-performance schools” The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)

11. On K-12 Construction

14. http://www.buildgreenschools.org/

15. http://www.centerforgreenschools.org/main-nav/the-center/welcome.aspxhttp://www.centerforgreenschools.org/main-nav/the-center/welcome.aspx

16. http://www.usgbc.org/

17. http://www.usgbcnj.org/speakers_bureau.html http://www.usgbcnj.org/

18. USGBC-NJ Chapter Strategic Plan Develop educational programs that will connect the Green building industry tomainstream Environmental Education

19. LEED Rating System Categories

20. The ultimate hands on learning experience: The building as a teaching tool.

32. Green Schools Curriculum Framework based on the LEEDfor Schools Green Building Rating System • Sustainable Sites • Water Efficiency • Energy and Atmosphere • Materials and Resources • Indoor Environmental Quality • Innovation and Design Process • Using the School as a Teaching Tool

33. Unit 1. Sustainable Sites: • fundamentals of sustainability • investigate a green building footprint and how they can impact the environment • conduct sustainability evaluations of the existing school grounds • Unit 2. Water Efficiency:   • how to reduce and reuse water  • track the use of water in buildings. • determine the quality of water locally • determine if unhealthy situations exist in rivers, streams and ponds and identify • causes and solutions. 

34. Unit 3. Energy, and Atmosphere:  • learn about current uses of energy production methods • global warming and climate change • how green buildings can significantly reduce the negative impact on greenhouse gas • emissions and investigate and share low and no-cost solutions that will decrease • carbon footprint • learn about energy audits, alternative energy sources and the politics that drive • continued use of current methods of energy production • Unit 4. Materials and Resources: • learn about waste management, regionally produced products, conservation and • financial savings • learn about new materials that are being produced using recycled content • recycling programs • local and global resources, populations and various other factors that will impact how • and where we live in the future • Cradle to Cradle materials

35. Unit 5. Indoor Environmental Quality: • investigate the science, technology and the benefits from the increased quality of • indoor air • lighting, acoustics and temperature control • students begin to assess and address these topics and develop an action plan to • collect data, analyze and implement changes in their home, school and community • Unit 6. Innovation and Design Process: • students take on the role of LEED Accredited Professionals and other team members • needed to design a green building

37. EIRC DEP ANJEE LSC Educators

38. Curriculum Projects and Resources Neptune Summerfield Elementary School

40. Curriculum Projects and Resources Green Schools for Teachers Workshop NJEA and Green Industry Professionals sponsored Summer 2009

41. http://greenschoolsforteachers.wikispaces.com/

42. Curriculum Projects and Resources

43. Curriculum Projects and Resources New Jersey Selected as One of Five States to ParticipateIn Federal Technical Assistance Academy to Develop ‘Green’ CTE Program Partnering with the N.J. Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools (NJCCVTS), the state Department of Education applied for the technical assistance program to help with current efforts to develop a statewide program of study for emerging careers that have an environmental or renewable energy focus.   LEED is a featured Lesson in the curriculum http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0716cte.htm

44. TALENT21 Grant Teaching and Learning with Essential New Technologies in the 21st Century (TALENT21). Division: Educational Standards and ProgramsOffice: Academic Standards A technology based grant that two schools designed units and lesson plans using the LEED rating system. The NJ DoE Understanding by Design unit and lesson plan template was used aligning to NJCCCS.

49. 2009-2010 Hilltop School’s LEED Curriculum Project-Marshall County Schools, West Virginia Aligned to the West Virginia Department of Education’s 21st Century Content Standards and Objectives and the Global 21 Initiative: Students deserve it – The world demands it

50. Case Studies Alder Creek Middle School (PDF 690 KB)Desert Edge High School (PDF 804 KB)Fossil Ridge High School (PDF 383 KB)Homewood Middle School (PDF 515 KB)Northern Guilford Middle School (PDF 363 KB)