K-12 schools
Commercial building and facilities management resources for corporate facility executives, building operators and facility managers in all industry and service sectors. K-12 schools articles below.
USGBC Shares Strategies For Resilient Design, Green Schools
The U.S. Green Building Council has published two guides available for download, one focused on resilient companies and communities and the other on green purchasing for healthier schools.
Friday Funny: Calling All Kid Artists!
How creative can the students at your school get? Registration is now open for SC Johnson Professional’s annual Happy Hands contest.
Keep America Beautiful Kicks Off Eighth Annual Recycle-Bowl
The incentive-based recycling competition is open to all public and private schools in the United States.
School District To Save $15.3M With New Energy Efficiency Program
California’s Escalon Unified School District recently completed a 1.2 MW solar photovoltaic and integrated energy efficiency and STEM education initiative.
Indiana Elementary School Is First Repeat Recycle-Bowl Champion
For the second time, Bon Air Elementary beat out more than 1,000 other schools to become the K-12 recycling competition's National Champion.
Philadelphia, Baltimore Schools Replace Polystyrene In Cafeterias
The cities’ public schools are now using compostable round plates designed by the Urban School Food Alliance in their lunchrooms, diverting 19 million polystyrene food service items from landfills.
Advanced Energy Design Guide Helps Schools Achieve Zero Energy
K-12 school buildings have a new resource to help them cost effectively achieve advanced levels of energy savings.
Keep America Beautiful Launches 2017 Recycle-Bowl
The K-12 school-based competition helps communities improve their recycling efforts by educating students and community members on how and what to recycle, while providing an array of resources.
Through STEM, Students Install HVAC System
Elementary students at a Minnesota school had the opportunity to install new HVAC equipment in their building.
