Rachel Gutter, who is the senior manager for the education market at the U.S. Green Building Concil (usgbc.org) spoke with GreenBuildingNews.com about green school building projects recently and it’s exciting to see what is happening in the school system.
Full article here: USGBC Education Manager Discusses Green Schools
I saw a new term in this article that I have not heard before. Gutter talks about eco-bling, which is a term to describe all bells and whistles that make green building unaffordable. Solar panels are one of the aspects that jack the costs way up, which also brings up another interesting point in the conversation.
Gutter talks about co-op projects in which a third party pays for, installs and owns the solar panels and the school district gets to use the power. Everybody wins in that situation.
Wrapping up the article, Gutter also brings discussion full circle by including school curriculum into the mix from the very beginning instead of throwing it in at the last minute. That means that we can envelope our kids into this green thing for them to take over when they grow up.
I guess I will have to eat some of my words from my last post about the government not being able to do anything spectacular. Pass the salt, please.
Have a good day!
Garry
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