Green School Resources

Build Green Schools
www.buildgreenschools.org

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (many links)
http://www.edfacilities.org/

The Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI)
http://www.cefpi.org/

Healthy School Facility Environments
http://www.state.nj.us/health/healthyschools/

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools
www.chps.net

Healthy School Environments
http://www.epa.gov/schools/

Indoor air quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Program
ttp://www.epa.gov/iaq/schooldesign/

Energy Star for Schools
www.energystar.gov

Green Schools News Sources
http://www.designshare.com/index.php/home

School Planning and Management Magazine
www.peterli.com/spm

School Construction News  
www.schoolconstructionnews.com

American School and University Magazine
www.asumag.com

National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
http://www.naaee.org/programs-and-initiatives/guidelines-for-excellence/

About Green Schools – US Green Builders Council
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1640

Greening America’s Schools, Cost and Benefits
http://www.cap-e.com/ewebeditpro/items/O59F9819.pdf

Healthy School Environments –US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/schools/
 
Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool
http://www.epa.gov/schools/healthyseat/index.html

Benefits of Green Schools
http://www.cap-e.com/publications/default.cfm

Green Building by the Numbers
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1442

Healthy School Environments –US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/schools/

Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool
http://www.epa.gov/schools/healthyseat/index.html

Green Communities
http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/index.htm

NJDEP, How to Become an Environmentally Sustainable Community – A primer
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/bscit/howtobecome-esc.pdf

Energy Star guidelines
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=guidelines.guidelines_index

Energy star for schools
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=k12_schools.bus_schoolsk12

High performance building
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/database/mtxview.cfm?CFID=5060364&CFTOKEN=35132027

City Mayors report on academic improvement
http://www.citymayors.com/education/green_schools.html

Global learning presentation           
http://www.globallearningnj.org/HPSBNJ/presentation.htm

LEED Resources
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=75&

USGBC Research
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=78&

Press Release, McGraw Hill Construction
http://www.usgbc.org/News/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?ID=2899

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership
http://www.neep.org/HPSE/case_studies_NJ.html

Research Studies on Green Schools
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1642

About Green Schools – US Green Builders Council 
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1640

Greening America’s Schools, Cost and Benefits
http://www.cap-e.com/ewebeditpro/items/O59F9819.pdf
 
Benefits of Green Schools
http://www.cap-e.com/publications/default.cfm