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Christensen, John; Posey, Mike – Facilities Manager, 2011
This article describes how two institutions in the U.S. Southwest--Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico and Pima Community College (PCC) in Arizona--have implemented new energy projects on their campuses. Albuquerque Academy's one-megawatt DC photovoltaic solar array is one of the largest secondary schools projects to date in the United States. The…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Energy Management, Case Studies, Secondary Schools
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Younger, Paul L. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
Ground-coupled heating-cooling systems (GCHCSs) exchange heat between the built environment and the subsurface using pipework buried in trenches or boreholes. If heat pumps in GCHCSs are powered by "green electricity," they offer genuine carbon-free heating-cooling; for this reason, there has been a surge in the technology in recent…
Descriptors: Heat, Urban Areas, Physical Environment, Natural Resources
Praeger, Charles E. – American School & University, 2005
Amid climbing energy costs and tightening budgets, administrators at school districts, colleges and universities are looking for all avenues of potential savings while promoting sustainable communities. Cool metal roofing can save schools money and promote sustainable design at the same time. Cool metal roofing keeps the sun's heat from collecting…
Descriptors: Structural Elements (Construction), Energy Conservation, Educational Facilities Improvement, Energy Management