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Making water cool at Ukiah schools

Submitted by Matthew Zalaznick on Sun, 05/19/2013 - 3:49pm
During lunch recess at Oak Manor Elementary School, most of the thirsty kids did not visit a drinking fountain to get water. Instead, they lined up to fill their colorful plastic bottles at the school's nifty new "hydration station."

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The Ukiah Daily Journal

Ohio Schools Find Answers to Power Bills in Wind

Submitted by Matthew Zalaznick on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:57am
When the Archbold and Pettisville school districts brainstormed ways to reduce their electricity bills during the mid-2000s, they arrived at a common solution: wind power. Students, teachers, and school officials celebrated Wednesday the completion and operation of identical 750-kilowatt wind turbines at each community’s main school complex.

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Toledo Blade

A Water-Saving Program Begins With a Flush

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 3:06pm
Bayside High School in Queens is one of two New York City public schools in a pilot program to replace water-wasting toilets with new low-flow flushers.

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The New York Times

Hawaii’s Hot Sun Cools Down Energy Costs

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 10:54am
The Hawaii State Department of Education has embarked on a first- and largest-plan-of-its-kind nationwide to install solar panels in every school in the state. The plan will reduce the sunny state’s school energy costs from $47 million per year to zero, and generate revenue from extra energy that could go back to schools, school officials say.

Calif. To Invest $2.5 Billion To Retrofit Energy-Wasting Schools

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 01/22/2013 - 2:35pm
On November 6, 2012, California voters approved two measures that should help the state's struggling economy.

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Forbes

Hawaii’s Hot Sun Cools Down Energy Costs

Sustainability Update
Alison DeNisco
District Administration, Feb 2013
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Sustainability Update
Alison DeNisco
District Administration, Feb 2013
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School Design May Affect a Child’s Grades

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 3:54pm

A study of school design has discovered that school layouts can influence a child's development by as much as 25 percent — positively or negatively — over the course of an academic year.

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Wired UK

Technology Recycler Steps in to Help Marblehead, Mass. Schools

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 3:09pm
No matter how much unwanted electronics are clogging your workspace, chances are, the Marblehead schools, with over 3,000 pounds of technology on hand, have you beat.

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Marblehead Reporter

Green Schools: Long on Promise, Short on Delivery

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 12:06pm

The Houston Independent School District took a big step in 2007 toward becoming environmentally friendly by designing two new schools to meet a coveted "green" standard set by a private-builders' group.

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