olderSidwell Friends School, Anatomy of a Green School
The Sidwell Friends School is the first LEED Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world, but what's incredible is the story behind it. First, it's a renovation of a fifty year old facility. Second, the renovation involved the students, so everyone was able to participate and learn about the benefits of a green building. Matter of fact, about sixteen 5th - 8th graders studied the building, wrote about its benefits, and recorded an audio feature explaining each green feature. Feel free to take the green building tour to learn about low-VOC materials, CO2 monitoring, natural light, native plants, the green roof and biology pond, photovoltaic panels, a heat recovery wheel, vertical solar fins, and the settling tank, etc. This is quite the impressive interactive visual/audio tour. Seriously, great work.
That's an awesome idea! I just wish more schools were teaching kids about the buildings of their future.
Posted by: Oleg | January 10, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Good to see moves away from fossil fuels. Now, if we could just get Yankee Doodle to give up his V-8 cars and frequent Jet flights, we could slow down global warming and survive!
Posted by: Uncle B | March 05, 2009 at 05:29 AM