Practical Sustainability: Turn Your Building into a Funding Source

Autor/inn/en	O'Malley, Paul; Vujovic, Vuk; Ogurek, Douglas
Titel	Practical Sustainability: Turn Your Building into a Funding Source
Quelle	In: School Business Affairs, 78 (2012) 7, S.19-20 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-651X
Schlagwörter	School Buildings; Energy Conservation; Sustainability; Energy Management; Facilities Management; Educational Facilities Planning; Best Practices; Facility Guidelines; Partnerships in Education; Group Dynamics; Illinois; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School building; Schulgebäude; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Nachhaltigkeit; Energiehaushalt; Facility Management; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Gruppendynamik; USA
Abstract	One would not expect Niles West High School to be a model of sustainability. Located in Skokie, Illinois, the facility is more than 50 years old and at 612,000 square feet, it stands among the nation's largest high schools. Last winter, Niles West became one of the first five schools in the United States to achieve certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (EB: O&M). A shaky economy has forced many school districts to tighten their purse strings. However, school administrators, teamed with an experienced consultant team, can still build a realistic plan for creating a sustainable model that improves operational performance, creates healthier learning environments, enhances curricula, and promotes environmental stewardship. Best of all, realizing all these benefits does not require constructing an expensive new school or knocking down a single wall. The Niles West story teaches a valuable lesson: if a massive 50-year-old high school building can achieve higher energy efficiency and save operational dollars, so can most other education facilities. Distilled from the Niles West experience, some of these considerations discussed in this paper will help districts make the most of what they have without spending a fortune. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). 11401 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Tel: 866-682-2729; Fax: 703-478-0205; e-mail: asboreq@asbointl.org; Web site: http://www.asbointl.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10