The Third Teacher by OWP/P Cannon Design Inc

Author:OWP/P Cannon Design, Inc.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2014-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

INVENTORY

ELEMENTS OF A SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

THE COLLABORATIVE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS (CHPS) SETS THE BAR FOR SUSTAINABLE FEATURES

Environmentally Responsive Site

To the extent possible, the school’s site conserves existing natural areas and restores damaged ones, minimizes storm water runoff, and controls erosion.

Energy Efficient

The heating/ventilating/air-conditioning (HVAC) system uses high-efficiency equipment, is “right sized” for the estimated demands of the facility, and includes controls that boost system performance. The school’s lighting system uses high-efficiency lamps and ballasts, optimizes the number of light fixtures in each room, incorporates controls that ensure peak system performance, and successfully integrates electric lighting and daylighting strategies. The walls, floors, roofs, and windows of the school are as energy efficient as is feasible. The building shell integrates and optimizes insulation levels, glazing, shading, thermal mass, air leakage, and light-colored exterior surfaces.

Material Efficient

To the maximum extent possible, the school incorporates materials and products that are durable, nontoxic, derived from sustainable yield processes, high in recycled content, and easily recycled themselves.

Water Efficient

The school uses as little off-site water as possible to meet its needs, controls and reduces water runoff from its site, consumes fresh water as efficiently as possible, and recovers and reuses gray water to the extent feasible.

Easy to Maintain and Operate

Building systems are simple and easy to use. Teachers have control over the temperature and lighting in their classrooms, and are trained how to most effectively use them.

Stimulating Architecture

The school should invoke a sense of pride and be considered a genuine asset for the community.

A Building That Teaches

By incorporating important concepts such as energy, water, and material efficiency, the school becomes a tool to illustrate a wide spectrum of scientific, mathematic, and social issues. Mechanical and lighting equipment and controls can be used to illustrate lessons on energy use and conservation, and daylighting systems can help students understand the daily and yearly movements of the sun.

Adaptable to Changing Needs

The school is able to embrace new technologies and respond to demographic and social changes. Adapted from: “What is a High Performance High School?” For more: www.chps.net

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Get eco-educated

Before embarking on a program to green a school, learn about what counts the most and what works the best.

When the idea of separating out garbage from recyclables and paper was coming into its own, I had just become the principal of a secondary school with about 1,000 students. The students were super keen on getting blue boxes into the classrooms, and cutting down on garbage. We thought this was an excellent idea, and relatively simple, but we hit an amazing variety of obstacles. Things like: Who would empty the boxes? The union that handled custodial work said they hadn’t allocated time in the working day for it. Then, where were we going to store the paper until it was picked up for recycling? At that time, the school didn’t have bins, and the district didn’t have a contract with a waste removal company. It took us a year to get the system up and running but it was worth it!

— Helen Hirsh Spence, educational consultant

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