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Each year, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent
building new schools in Connecticut. They are the most
important buildings we construct as nearly one out of five
people in Connecticut spend part of there day in a school
building. Insuring that our schools are high performance,
energy efficient, healthy places to learn needs to be a top
priority as these buildings profoundly influence our next
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Like all smartly designed high performance buildings, a high
performance school offers significant benefits to the occupants
and to local taxpayers. These benefits however, are amplified as
the occupants in our schools, our children, are being shaped for
the rest of their lives. Since children are not as tolerant as
healthy adults to a variety of indoor pollutants, it is
imperative that we provide high quality indoor environmental
quality. This presents a real challenge as schools high
occupancy densities compound indoor environmental concerns.
To raise awareness of High Performance Schools, the CT Green
Building Council has embarked on a program to promote the
transformation of schools in Connecticut. Launched in February,
this initiative is operating on four tracks that include a
stakeholder process, an educational outreach effort, an
inventory of all public school buildings and a monitoring of
legislative action. Upon conclusion of our stakeholder process,
we will publish a final report that identifies the obstacles to
building high performance schools and suggested actions for
overcoming these challenges.
More information about the
CTGBC High Performance Schools Initiative is available in the
project description section.
If you would to be keep informed on the CT Green Building
Councils High Performance School Initiative, please send an
email to schools@ctgbc.org.
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