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| Thank You for Making Greentools for Healthy Schools 2007 a Success! | |||||
| Thank you for making the 2007 Greentools for Healthy Schools Conference and Expo a truly great event! We welcomed attendees from twelve states and Canada, as well as twenty-five California school districts, thirty-two design professional firms, six federal and state agencies and sixteen environmental and children’s health organizations. |  |
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Attendees enjoyed a thought-provoking and humorous panel discussion between State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell, Executive Officer of the Office of Public School Construction Rob Cook, State Architect David Thorman and Bill Savidge, Vice-Chair of CASH and Engineering Officer at West Contra Costa USD (right). Superintendent O'Connell said, "High performance schools are the future, and the future is now." We could not agree more with the Superintendent. CHPS Executive Director Charles Eley and Global Green USA President Matt Peterson kicked off the event discussing the benefits of green schools (right). Workshops throughout the day were aimed at both the experienced high performance builder and those just getting started. Workshops covered a variety of strategies and tools for improving energy efficiency, daylighting, commissioning and indoor air quality. Presentations from Greentools are available on the Greentools website at: http://www.chps.net/GTAgenda.htm. For all your post-conference needs, including the conference program, presentations, speaker bios, press releases and the photo gallery, visit: http://www.chps.net/greentools. We'll see you at Greentools 2008! Stay tuned for more information. |
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Green Apple Awards 2007 CHPS also awarded its first Green Apple Awards to outstanding CHPS teams, projects and champions. The 2007 Green Apple Awards went to: Los Angeles Unified School District and San Diego Unified School District for CHPS team; for CHPS Project, EHDD Architecture for Chartwell School, NTD Stichler Architecture for Heroes Elementary School and Gelfand Partners Architects for Loyola Elementary School; and for CHPS Champion, Healthy Schools Network, Project FROG and Savings By Design. For more information on and photographs of the award winners, please visit: http://www.chps.net/GTPress.htm. |
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The deadline to register 2002 Edition CHPS Criteria Projects for recognition has been extended to October 31, 2007. If you want to be recognized as a 2002 Edition Project, you must register your project by that date. To register your project, visit: http://www.chps.net/chps_schools/Designed.htm. Projects that do not register prior to that date may not be considered for 2002 CHPS-Designed recognition. After October 31, 2007, all projects should be registered with and use the 2006 Edition of the CHPS Criteria. |
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| Wanted: School Districts Looking to Purchase High Performance 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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| Connect with CHPS at Upcoming Green Schools Events in California | |||||
2007 Earth Summit The City of San José is co-hosting the Go Green Earth Summit Nov. 2 and 3 at the San José Marriott Hotel. This K-12 schools environmental conference will feature international, national and local speakers that will help schools promote environmental stewardship. CHPS’ Assistant Director Kristin Heinen will be presenting a workshop entitled, "Funding High Performance Schools Just Got Easier: Utilizing Prop 1D Incentives & the CHPS Criteria" on Friday, November 2, 3:30 PM – 5 PM. For more information and to register, visit: http://gogreeninitiative.org/earthsummit2007/index.php |
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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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Summit highlights include 10 Pre-Summit Workshops and over 80 breakout sessions in the following areas: Why “Go Green”?; Building Design And Construction; School Operations; Financing Options and Creating A Green Culture. The Summit will feature over 150 exhibits demonstrating the latest products and services to help you make your school “green”. A Model Green School Demonstration Exhibit and a Project Showcase Gallery will demonstrate best practices from across the state. Visit CHPS in the exhibit hall – Booth 428 - and at the following workshops, including: "The CHPS Criteria: Understanding and Implementing the Rating System," "Funding High Performance Schools Just Got Easier: Utilizing Prop 1D Incentives & the CHPS Criteria" and "CHPS: A District Tool for Greening Your School". Discounted Registration |
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| CHPS Honored by Healthy Schools and Energy Efficiency Organizations | |||||
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Healthy Schools Network (HSN) Recognize CHPS, Executive Director Eley CHPS was honored twice this past month for its work in helping to build healthy and energy efficient schools. Charles Eley, the California architect and founding Executive Director of CHPS was presented with a National Healthy Schools Hero Award for 2007 on the eve of Greentools 2007, the first annual CHPS Conference, in San Francisco, CA. In presenting the Award on behalf of the Board of Directors of Healthy Schools Network, Inc., a member of CHPS, Claire Barnett, Executive Director, said: “We salute the work you have done to develop and define healthy and high performance school buildings. CHPS recognized early on that just as children are not biologically ‘little adults’, that schools are not architecturally ‘little offices’.” She continued, “With your leadership, CHPS has elevated the importance of the schoolhouse and helped states and cities rapidly accelerate the numbers of schools that can implement healthy and high performance designs.” |
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Healthy Schools Network, Inc. is a national not-for-profit environmental health organization dedicated to assuring that every child has healthy school that is clean and in good repair. For more information, visit: http://www.healthyschools.org/ CHPS was also recognized by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). CHPS is honored to announce that the ACEEE, a nonprofit research group based in Washington, D.C., has recognized CHPS as an “exemplary program” as part of a national awards program to honor America’s leading energy efficiency programs. |
“The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy conducted this national review to recognize outstanding energy efficiency programs and honor the people and organizations responsible for their success. Programs such as CHPS demonstrate the very real value of energy efficiency to the customers it serves.” |
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Programs selected for this honor were judged especially noteworthy for their effectiveness and innovation in helping customers achieve greater levels of energy efficiency in their homes and business facilities. “These programs are delivering energy savings that are critical in helping customers cope with today’s high energy costs, plus they make an important environmental contribution because they help reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” noted Martin Kushler, Ph.D., ACEEE’s Utilities Program Director. He added, “This is truly a ‘win-win’ situation.” “ACEEE conducted this national review to recognize outstanding energy efficiency programs and honor the people and organizations responsible for their success,” explained Dan York, Ph.D., the Project Director for this effort. He added: “Programs such as CHPS demonstrate the very real value of energy efficiency to the customers it serves.” |
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| CHPS In the News | |||||
Check out the latest media hits on CHPS: Shades of Green: School energized for future A Green Feather for East Hampton’s Cap |
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Reporters check out an NY-CHPS school (Capitalnews9.com) |
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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.htm. | |||||
| 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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View our entire membership list and learn about the benefits of joining online at: http://www.chps.net/membership/index.htm |
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Quick links: CHPS Rating Programs | CHPS Membership | CHPS Best Practices Manual |
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