Green+Schools+Resources


 * __ORGANIZED BY GREEN BUILDING RATING__**
 * __SYSTEM CATEGORIES__**

**SUSTAINABLE SITES**

Ideas for sustainable land design construction and maintenance practices. []

Green Communities []

Sustainable Jersey []

Sustainable Jersey for Schools []

NJDEP, How to Become an Environmentally Sustainable Community - A primer []

Smart Growth []

California Division of State Architecture Sustainable Schools []

Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects []

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Building Design

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Sustainable Design Guide]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Charrette Handbook]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Architectural Handbook]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Design Competition Curriculum]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Design Share Project Library <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learning by Design <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sustainable by Design <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Schools: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Attributes for Health and Learning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Review and Assessment of the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools: An Interim Report <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">92 Ways to green your school <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC Green School Buildings [|**www.greenschoolbuildings.org**]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Buildings--EPA <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Building Minds, Minding Buildings. American Federation of Teachers. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.aft.org/topics/building-conditions/downloads/BMMB_GREENGUIDE.pdf

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mayors Alliance for Green Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.greenschoolbuildings.org/action/join/mayors_alliance.aspx

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">About Green Schools - US Green Builders Council <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC K-12 & Higher Ed Resources <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Public Policy and Advocacy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC Educator Resource Center: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC list of materials, guides and certifications: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=76#3]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Clearing House for Educational Facilities

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.ncef.org/

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Real Estate Regional Trends <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**WATER EFFICIENCY**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The American Institute of Architecture 50 to 50

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Water Conservation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Center for Educational Facilities Water Conservation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/water.cfm

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sustainable Infrastructure for Water Efficiency Toolkit <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Products to Help Schools Save Resources

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**NJ Clean Energy Programs**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Codes.gov

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Building Energy Codes Program offers two main compliance assessment software—REScheck for residential compliance assessment, and COMcheck for commercial compliance assessment — in both downloadable and web-based tools. BECP also offers both pre-defined prescriptive packages—which allow you to select from various combinations of energy conservation measures, based on your climate zone location. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lighting <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">New Jersey Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Star for Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|www.energystar.gov]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Star guidelines <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy star for schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">eQUEST the QUick Energy Simulation Tool <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Energy Modeling Software]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Energy Lesson Plans**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">NASA's Classroom of the Future - Power and Energy Simulations <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The NEED Project <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] NESEA K-12 curricular units and lessons are found at EnergyTeachers.org and available for free download

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Energy Inventory Student Pages]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Smart Resource Guide <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Activity Book <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Guides <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**@MATERIALS AND RESOURCES**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (EPA)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.epa.gov/waste/partnerships/sc3/index.htm

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Biodegradation Timeline

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Waste Management (Think Green)

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Conversionator

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">BrainPop Recycling

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Recycling Guide

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TerraCycle - Outsmart Waste

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">DEP Recycling []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**@INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and Other Environmental Impacts (TRACI)

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tools for Schools Program

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Integrated Pest Management in Schools

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Protecting Health and the Environment at K-12 Schools, Including Art Programs

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Schools Program

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pesticides Free Campaign

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green and Clean Campaign

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hand Hygiene Educational Materials from GOJO Industries

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Healthy Schools, Health People - It's a Snap

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Healthy Schools Campaign

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Seal http://www.greenseal.org/

** IAQ Website links ** NIOSH: Building Air Quality: [] National Heart Lung & Blood Institute [] The Nurse’s Office: Cleaning the Safe and Health Way Guidance for School Nurses [|www.sde.ct.gov/][|sde][|/lib/][|sde][|/.../health/Nurses_Office_Cleaning.pdf] Virtual Walkthrough [] Cleaning for Health Schools [] Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America [|www.aafa.org][|/] [] PEOSH IAQ []

EPA Tools for Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Indoor Air Quality Action Kit (IAQ) IAQ Action Kit** shows schools how to carry out a practical plan to improve indoor air problems at little- or no-cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff. The Kit provides best practices, industry guidelines, sample policies, and a sample IAQ management plan.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/actionkit.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Case Studies**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC-NJ Project Profile on Willow

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Alder Creek Middle School (PDF 690 KB) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Desert Edge High School (PDF 804 KB) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Fossil Ridge High School (PDF 383 KB) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Homewood Middle School (PDF 515 KB) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Northern Guilford Middle School (PDF 363 KB) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Whitman-Hanson Regional High School (PDF 384 KB)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rebates and Promotions from NJ Clean Energy Program <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Local Government Energy Audit NJ Clean Energy Program <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.njcleanenergy.com/lgea

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has authorized an incentive <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">program to subsidize the cost to agencies for having an energy audit of their facilities

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Star for Schools http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=k12_schools.bus_schoolsk12

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teach kids about how becoming energy-efficient can help save our world.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Prepare an Energy Strategy for the Future

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Establish a comprehensive energy management program using ENERGY STAR’s Guidelines for Energy Management and read the New Energy Design Guidelines for High Performance Schools.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Join ENERGY STAR.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Get started with the ENERGY STAR Menu of Offerings for K-12. (566KB)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Evaluate your school’s energy performance with Portfolio Manager.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learn about financing your energy projects.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Visit EPA’s Indoor Air Quality for Schools Web site and download Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in Schools.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Receive training through Online Training Sessions.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout your building.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">HealthySEAT @http://www.epa.gov/schools/healthyseat/index.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">NJ SmartStart Buildings <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://www.njcleanenergy.com/commercial-industrial/programs/nj-smartstart-buildings/nj-smartstart-buildings

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Healthy School Environment Resources (EPA)**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">On-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://cfpub.epa.gov/schools/index.cfm

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Chemical Use & Management

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Design, Construction and Renovation

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Energy Efficiency

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Environmental Education

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Legislation and Regulation

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Outdoor Air Pollution

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Waste

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Waste Reduction

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A Guidebook for K-12 School System Business Officers and Facilities Managers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@http://ase.org/uploaded_files/greenschools/School%20Energy%20Guidebook_9-04.pdf

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">EE Linked <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">https://eelinked.naaee.net/

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**TEACHER RESOURCES**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">EPA Student Center

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Education Foundation []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Energy Lessons]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Energy Audits]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Middle School Energy Lessons]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Green Team Projects]

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Recycle City]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">TEACH

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teaching Energy Awareness with Children's Help (TEACH) is an integrated solution from New Jersey's Clean Energy Program that helps school administrators evaluate their buildings and provides hands-on curricula that faculty members can use to teach their students about energy efficiency.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**GENERAL**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Green Library []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Natural Resource Defense Council []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Living Tool Kit (NRDC) []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Liberty Science Center- Noveda Technologies-NJ Clean Energy Program Data

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Bill Nye Stuff Happens []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">State of NJ Executive Order # 24 for Green Schools

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Building Minds, Minding Buildings From AFT

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">NJ State mandates under Executive Order #54. Schools come under the umbrella of these mandates

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">First Net Zero Electric Commercial Building in the USA

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Earth Day at Noveda Technologies... http://blog.fulcrummediapr.com/?p=117

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">For more information contact: Joe Fiorella jfiorella@noveda.com

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">New Revised Standards - Click on drafts for now - they will upload the adopted standards soon

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Envirolinks NJ-SEEDs

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Paradigm Institute - Resources for Educators

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|http://www.greenparadigminstitute.com/resources/default.asp#Education]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How to order Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tools4s2.html#Order]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Global learning presentation

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">NASA Science, Earth

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC Schools Resource Library

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Northeast sustainable energy association resource list

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green School Tips

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Seven Steps to a Green School

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**NEWS AND ARTICLES**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Schools News Sources <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Di Cara | Rubino Architects takes “green” to a new level <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">School Planning and Management Magazine <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|www.peterli.com/spm]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">School Construction News <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|www.schoolconstructionnews.com]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">American School and University Magazine <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|www.asumag.com]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">City Mayors report on academic improvement <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Press Release, McGraw Hill Construction <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The National Academies Press <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**COST AND BENEFITS**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Greening America’s Schools, Cost and Benefits <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Benefits of Green Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Building by the Numbers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Benefits of Green Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Cost and Benefits for Building Green <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">High performance building <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**RESEARCH AND CASE STUDIES**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">USGBC Research <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Research Studies on Green Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The National Academies Press <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Green Schools: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Attributes for Health and Learning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Linking Green Schools to Health and Productivity: Research Considerations <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">School Buildings Information Center <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Best Practices for Building High Performance Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sustainable Business Resources <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">High Performance Schools Gateway (US) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">DfES Exemplar Designs for Schools <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**GLOBAL WARMING**