The NSSEA School Equipment Show

November 17-19, 2010
Phoenix, AZ

Source new products, engage in industry discussion, hear perspectives on current issues, and network with your existing and potential new suppliers, distributors and purchasing influencers. Learn from nationally-recognized, dynamic speakers, who will share knowledge applicable to the day-to-day work environment. Be a part of the annual gathering of the industry’s finest manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and those involved in the planning, design and/or specification of equipment for educational facilities.

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Join CHPS for our presentation at the show!

Green, Healthy, High Performance Schools (For the Rest of Us)
Wednesday, November 17th from 10:30 to 11:45 AM

$16.4 billion in K-12 school construction was completed in 2009, and many of those buildings were designed as high performance/green schools. Unfortunately, these buildings are the exception, not the rule. There are 98,793 K-12 public schools in the U.S., and most 40+ years old. These existing schools serve the majority of our youth. In this session we will look not only at the current trends in green building design, but at what can be done to green existing buildings so that every school can be a high performance school.

This workshop will cover several resources available through the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) to help existing schools become high performance schools, including:

• The CHPS High Performance Products Database - an online, searchable database open to the public. The Database includes products that help schools meet CHPS and other green building criteria, and deliver environmental and health benefits to their occupants.
• The CHPS Operations Report Card (ORC) - a program that benchmarks the current performance of existing schools, provides a report card of results and makes suggestions for improvement.
• CHPS for Modernizations - learn how CHPS specifically addresses major and minor modernizations, new buildings on existing campuses, and additions. Case studies on how school districts across the country are using the CHPS Criteria to renovate or modernize their schools will be included.

Presenter:

William "Bill" Orr, C.E.G
CHPS Executive Director

William "Bill" Orr became the leader of CHPS in July 2009, after working for the state of California for almost thirty years. For a majority of career in state government, Bill worked for the California Integrated Waste Management Board where he managed their Green Building and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing programs from 2000-2007.

On the CHPS Board from 2002 to 2007, Bill was the head of the CHPS Technical Committee from its inception through 2007. During that time, he led the development of the 2006 Edition of the CHPS Criteria for California and was on the national LEED for Schools committee. Bill was inducted into the California Green Schools Hall of Fame in 2007 for his pioneering work with CHPS. Bill is a registered Engineering Geologist in California.