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How to Launch an Energy Star Energy Efficiency Competition for K-12 Schools
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Utebay Kudret; McArthur, Ashley – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
In recent years, schools have been forced by rising costs and shrinking budgets to stretch their resources further than ever before in order to meet the educational needs of today's students. EPA's ENERGY STAR program helps K-12 schools and districts improve energy efficiency, reduce operating costs and redirect critical resources into the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Energy Management, Competition
Sustainable Architecture that Teaches: Promoting Environmental Education through Service-Learning
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Eason, Grace; Berger, Rebecca; Green, Pamela Davis – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) has undertaken a commitment to establish a culture of environmental sustainability. With two new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings on site, a green building curriculum has been developed. This multidimensional curriculum involves university faculty, students, K-12…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Service Learning, Architecture
Strategy Plan Strengthens Energy Conservation Program.
Minning, William R. – School Business Affairs, 1987
The United States Department of Energy's Schools and Hospitals Program has been popular among schools. The necessity of locating nonfederal resources to achieve energy management warrants (1) developing a strategy of evaluation among schools and (2) market research and analysis. (CJH)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation