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| Prop 1D Regulations Passed - Register Your CHPS Project Today | |||||
CHPS is excited to announce that California's Office of Public School Construction has approved the regulations to distribute Proposition 1D $100 million in funding for high performance schools. California will use the CHPS Criteria as the basis for awarding the incentive grants. All public school districts that are eligible for state funding are eligible for Prop 1D grants. The funding will provide an additional 2% - 10.25% to qualifying projects, depending on how many CHPS points they achieve. The funding is part of a larger $10.4 billion package passed in November 2006 by CA voters to upgrade public schools, including kindergarten through twelfth grade, community colleges, and state universities. The high performance incentives will fund new construction and modernization projects that promote the efficient use of water, natural resources and energy, and also provide superior indoor air quality, acoustics, and lighting. Eligible school projects will be awarded incentives through OPSC on a first-come, first-serve basis until the funding runs out. Remember, applying for and receiving Prop 1D funding does not make your project a CHPS school. To qualify as a CHPS school, your project must be registered with either the CHPS-Designed or CHPS-Verified Programs. Register today! Not sure where to start? Check out the CHPS Proposition 1D page to learn about how the Prop 1D funding program works with CHPS. |
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| The US EPA has released Version 2.0 of its popular and useful tool Healthy SEAT (Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool). HealthySEATv2 boasts several new features, including: |  |
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Visit the Healthy SEAT website to download Version 2 today! Healthy SEAT can be used to achieve CHPS' Policy and Operations Credit PO1.3.1 Periodic Assessment of School Environmental Conditions in the CHPS Criteria. To learn more about the CHPS Criteria, visit: http://www.chps.net/manual/index.htm#vol3 |
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| Join CHPS in Kern County to Learn about High Performance Building and Prop 1D | |||||
Coastal & Valley Counties School Facilities Planners’ Meeting Are you a facilities planner or design or construction professional in or near Kern County? If so, join Kristin Heinen, CHPS' Assistant Director, at the November Coastal & Valley Counties School Facilities Planners' Meeting to learn about high performance building and Proposition 1D funding for high performance schools. Please RSVP to Jessica Zepeda at 661 636-4500 by November 27 if you plan to attend the meeting. For more information on Proposition 1D funding and CHPS, click here. |
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| Congratulations to Santa Monica Malibu USD, our Newest CHPS District | |||||
| CHPS congratulates Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District for its recent passing of a Board Resolution to build and modernize schools to the CHPS standard. Ted Bardacke, Global Green USA, who assisted the school district in the passage of the resolution, said, “As a future parent in the district I’m excited that our children will benefit from the work being undertaken at SMMUSD — those benefits will be felt not only in the classroom but also in the air and water quality of our unique coastal environment.” The SMMUSD School Board passed the resolution unanimously at its October meeting. SMMUSD educates 11,700 students in 16 schools. | "Whereas, Students are entitled to a safe and healthy school environment, and studies have indicated that student achievement is significantly greater and attendance higher when the learning environment is naturally lit, comfortable and well maintained;... be it Resolved, That the Board endorses ... high performance schools goals and, by this Resolution, makes high performance and CHPS standards the policy of the District." |
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At the October Board meeting, Ted commended CHPS' flexibility for school districts, discussing how SMMUSD will be able to pursue the environmental issues that are most pertinent to the community. He said, "We have noted in the resolution that we should be investigating key items in this community, particularly stormwater management, solar hot water or solar voltaics, to take advantage of our ample sunlight, and wind power… I think you’ll be pleased in adopting CHPS that it will force architects who are already thinking in this way to really move it out of rhetoric and into the classroom.” Congratulations to everyone at the District and we look forward to many SMMUSD CHPS schools in the future! |
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| Wanted: Relocatable Manufacturers and School Districts Purchasing Relocatables | |||||
Are you building high performance relocatables or are you interested in purchasing one for your school district? CHPS has three $5000 grants available for relocatable manufacturers building to the high performance specifications listed in Volume IV – Relocatable Classrooms of the CHPS Best Practice Manual. Download a grant application here, and for more information, contact Ariel Dekovic at 415-957-1977 x104 or ariel@chps.net. If you are in a school district interested in purchasing a high performance relocatable, please contact Ariel Dekovic at 415-957-1977 x104 or ariel@chps.net so that CHPS can connect you to a high performance relocatable manufacturer! School districts purchasing relocatables that have received a high performance grant will benefit from the incentive grant. |
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| Learn with CHPS at the Green California Schools Summit and Expo | |||||
Green California School Summit and Exposition California is on the leading edge of the green school movement, creating a statewide framework and incentives for sustainable schools. Green Technology’s Green Schools Summit will focus on the strategies, technologies and services that will ensure that new and existing public schools are models of sustainability and provide healthy learning environments for students. |
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Join CHPS at the Summit and enhance your knowledge of high performance school issues. CHPS will have a four-workshop track at the conference designed to train on the use of the CHPS Criteria in relation to funding, school district decision-making and green school features. The workshops are: CHPS: A District Tool for Greening Your School The CHPS Criteria: Understanding & Implementing the Rating System The CHPS Commissioning Process Funding High Performance Schools Just Got Easier: Prop 1D and CHPS Verified You can also visit CHPS in the exhibit hall – Booth 428! Discounted Registration The Green California Schools Summit and Expo is produced by Green Technology. |
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| CHPS In the News | |||||
Check out the latest media hits on CHPS:
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| Website Updates | |||||
CHPS has added some new material to its website to assist the CHPS Community:
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| CHPS Is Hiring! | |||||
| Join the CHPS team and help a new generation of green schools to be built today. CHPS is hiring for a Technical Programs Coordinator and an Education and Events Coordinator. Know a good candidate? Send them our way! More info here: http://www.chps.net/Jobs | |||||
| Introducing CHPS' Newest Members | |||||
CHPS appreciates our members' commitment to improving the learning environments for school children, and welcomes the following organizations and individuals to its membership: |
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| Case + Abst Architects CertainTeed Ceilings Dublin Unified School District |
Peter Kwan Engineering |
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View our entire membership list and learn about the benefits of joining online at: http://www.chps.net/membership |
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Quick links: CHPS Rating Programs | CHPS Membership | CHPS Best Practices Manual |
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