Team+3+Workspace



__**Holland Workspace** __ 

**Team Member Names**

1. Chris McWilliams

2. Dave Iobst

3. Denise Carney

**Mission Statement:** Create a school building or facility that is a healthy environment and improves education through hands-on, real world learning, while saving energy and resources to maximize financial efficiency.

**Green Strategic Plan:** 1. Survey Monkey staff and community to establish green needs. 2. Educate staff on leading a sustainable school. Why and what it will take. 3. Green School kick off for K-8 Staff and students 4. Green Week after testing 5. Identify responsible parties. 6. List deficiencies/improvements and prioritize. 7. Develop responsibility web. (Administration, Staff, Community, After school clubs.....)

**Action Steps/Lesson Plans:**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">that will work with administration and building supervisor to develop analysis tools, research what is available, low cost or no cost solutions, benchmark actual savings to the school.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Create a PLC Committee for Green Schools Initiatives **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//**2.**// **Use the school building and grounds as a teaching tool and provide hands-on real world learning for Holland Township students**


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__Each grade level__ will chose one unit that compliments existing curriculum K-4 and 5-8 **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teachers will green **one** lesson that is already taught and will incorporate the grade level "Green Theme" by May 1st <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Once the grade has chosen a theme, use the following as a guide:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Unit 1**. __Water Efficiency__: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* How to reduce and reuse water <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Track the use of water in buildings. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Water Audit <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Determine the quality of water locally <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Determine if unhealthy situations exist in rivers, streams and ponds and identify causes and solutions

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Unit 2**. __Energy, and Atmosphere__: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Learn about current uses of energy production methods <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Global warming and climate change <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; left: -0.79%; line-height: 21px; position: absolute;">• <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* How green buildings can significantly reduce the negative impact on greenhouse gas emissions <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; left: -0.84%; line-height: 21px; position: absolute;">• <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Learn about energy audits, alternative energy sources and the politics that drive continued use of current method <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; left: -0.95%; line-height: 21px; position: absolute;">• <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">* Energy audit of the school (Watt Watchers... Free Interdisciplinary workshops for students and lessons []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Unit 3**. __Materials and Resources__: __Reduce, Reuse and Recycle__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Learn about waste management, regionally produced products, conservation and financial savings <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Green purchasing practices [|//Smart Little House//][|www.**smartlittlehouse**.com/] - Eco-friendly and sustainable building products <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Learn about new materials that are being produced using recycled content recycling programs <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Local and global resources, populations and various other factors that will impact how and where we live in the future <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Cradle to Cradle products Look into [|www.shawcontractgroup.com]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Unit 4**. __Indoor /Outdoor Environmental Quality__: __A Healthy Place to Live, Learn, and__ __Play__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Investigate the science, technology and the benefits from the increased quality of <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Indoor air [|//Smart Little House//] [|www.**smartlittlehouse**.com/] - Ego-friendly and sustainable building products No off-gas >> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Investigate and maintain the outdoor green spaces <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Lighting, acoustics and temperature control <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Noise level analysis <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Green cleaning and green hygiene (Spruce Industries and GoJo Co. etc) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Students begin to assess and address these topics and develop an action plan to <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* Collect data, analyze and implement changes in their home, school and community
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**Goals**:
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Green purchasing - copiers, ink, paper products, plastics <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Water - grey water recharge. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Install solar/wind systems to reduce energy costs <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Reduce/reduce/recycle campaign <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Healthy indoor and outdoor environment

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Resources:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. [|www.nj.gov/dep/opppc/epp.htm] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. [|The anti-bottle www.vapur.us/store/5l.html] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. www.greenschoolsforteachers.wikispaces.com <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6.[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. [|www.energyhog.com] teacher and student guide <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. Voice Project: LA tie in [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9. [|www.smartlittlehouse.com] sells nontoxic products..example. paint and building supplies <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10. Stem Watt Watchers NJ K-12 Free Interdisciplinary workshops for students and lessons [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">11.[] Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">12.[] The Latest in Energy Efficiency <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">13.[] for free lesson plans <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">14. UBD cross curriculum Green unit [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">15.[|www.getecube.com] eCube sells a product that goes over a thermostat in commercial refridgerators. This reduces energy comsumption by (10-30%) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">16. [|www.agreenernj.com] offers a skylight solution that has a solar powered, GPS tracking mirror. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">17.[|www.shawcontractgroup.com] cradle to cradel products