Illinois Greening Schools www.greeningschools.org

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Illinois Greening Schoolswww.greeningschools.org

• Illinois WMRC
• Illinois EPA
• Illinois DNR

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Greening Schools Mission

• Greening Schools project is a state
  governmental effort designed to assist schools
  with
• Improving physical environmental conditions
• Providing standards-based tools to introduce
  concepts of waste reduction and pollution
  prevention.

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Greening Schools Services

• Technical assistance
• On-site review of school facilities
• Training workshops
• Listserv and website
• Extensive resources
• Online help desk to answer questions

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Greening School Benefits Include

• Lower operating costs
• Increased safety and environmental health at
  school for students and staff
• Professional development credits and
  administrator credits
• Improved learning conditions
• Set an example of environmental responsibility
  and sustainable behavior

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Constraints include

• Limited funding
• Rising energy and maintenance costs
• Lack of resources and technical assistance
• Lack of time to research resources

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What is a Green School?

• High Performance Schools
• Improve student academic performance
• Promotes student and staff health
• Supports healthy lifestyle choices
• Cost effective (lower operating expenses)
• Reduces buildings environmental footprint

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Design Elements of a Healthy High Performance
School

• Assess needs and establish a planning team
• Plan your building
• Design to reduce operating costs
• Consider Health, Safety and Comfort (students AND
  staff)
• Protect environment

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When was the last time you sat in a classroom, in
an older building

• Could you open windows? (allergies)
• Dressed for winter, room temperature was 86
  degrees
• Disagreeable odors
• How can this school be a high performance school?

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Plan your building to include

• Life cycle cost analysis
• Environmentally responsive site planning
• Energy analysis tools
• Commissioning
• Energy efficient building shell
• Thermal, acoustic, air quality comforts

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Energy Use

• For most school districts, energy use and other
  utilities are the second biggest operating
  expense.
• School energy costs are estimated at 110 per
  student per year
• Too many new schools dont consider energy use.

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Typical Building Electrical Costs
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Traditional Daylighting
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Greening Schools also provides

• Fact sheets
• Access to grants and funding opportunities
• Checklists
• Standards-based lesson plans
• Curricula
• Activities
• All related to waste reduction, pollution
  prevention and energy efficiency.

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Outreach

• Meet with school administrators and district
  superintendents
• Provides school or district presentations for
  classes or conferences

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On-site workshops and reviews

• Safe Chemicals in Education for Teachers
  Workshop with Illinois EPA Illinois WMRC
• Healthy Art Theater Teacher Workshops
• Administrator Academy Workshop (Currently
  offering IPM Chemical Management)
• Keeping Schools Healthy and Safe for Custodians
• Energy audits and assessments
• Greening Lesson Plans

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Online Technical Assistance

• www.greeningschools.org/services/tech_assist.cfm
  
• Do you have environmental issues at your school?
• Do you have concerns about operating costs,
  energy efficiency, conservation or other
  pollution prevention efforts?
• Do you want to make school more "environmentally
  friendly?"
• Advice is FREE!
• Online form obtains technical assistance.

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WMRCs Library

• Contributes to the Biblioresources
• Is a Clearinghouse for Pollution Prevention and
  Waste Management Resources
• Can be reached at 217-333-8957 or
  library_at_wmrc.uiuc.edu

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Greening Schools contacts

• Carol Knepp, 217-333-8940, cknepp_at_wmrc.uiuc.edu
• Becky Lockart, 217 244 5637, Becky.Lockart_at_epa.sta
  te.il.us
• www.greeningschools.org

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