Help in Going Green in a School? My daughter%26#039;s school is Technology/Leadership based and also focuses on the Global market - meaning helping students realize that the world (work and personal) does not revolve just around them and their local community (which is important but not the end all). The school also is strong on Personal Responsibility. With that said I would like to introduce to the Principal and PTSO (this is a middle/high school) as many ideas to go green and as many grants/financial incentives to do this. The school is building a few new buildings the next few years and I would love to have them as green as possible. I am not trying to pass off all the work to the school - I am more than willing to do my part. I know that funding is very tight so if there are grants/incentives/programs/corporations/... that help with these types of projects I would greatly appreciate it. This school also does alot with Business Partnerships. We are located in Florida, if that helps.
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3 months ago

All those ideas - except the skylight (we have to think about Hurricane Safety %26amp; such here) Sound Great

I will have to check those websites out
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Number 1 for a school, daylighting. There are focused fiber technologies that will even let you do this up to 60 feet away from the collector dish. The reason this is number one for a school, HIGHER TEST SCORES! Generally speaking students who are in natural light, learn better.

After that, all things solar, passives first (daylighting, hot-water, heat {if needed}), then PV, because typically school roofs are very open to the sun, no tree/foliage coverage. Also, try to white top your roof where your not using solar, this fends off the %26quot;heat island%26quot; effect some, and if located in florida, it%26#039;s more important to cool more, then heat.

If located near the cost, also try to incorporate wind, you don%26#039;t even need to use turbines neccesarily anymore, there are attractive helix designs, perhaps can even be done in school colors :) .

After that, rainwater collection, gray water collection, from all that perhaps small hydro, if near a body of water normal hydro, dual flush toilets, composting toilets (a little extreme for some) geothermal cooling/heating (if needed), thermal mass on exterior AND INTERIOR walls to slow thermal swings, passive air exchange, heat recovery. Feel free to contact me if you want to know if I have any more details on any of these. briangorski_us@yahoo.com 0% 0 Votes