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Green Building Program
Department of Facilities Management

Montgomery County Public Schools
2096 Gaither Road, Suite 203
Rockville, MD 20850
Telephone: 240-314-1095
Facsimile: 240-314-1036

MCPS Green Building Program

 



 

Media Links        Calendar Resources LEED Green Pilots About Us

Media

Great Seneca Creek Green Podcast - Subscribe

Green Building Program Spring 2008 Newsletter

Lily from Great Seneca Creek Elementary School gives a tour of the school in this video

Green Leaders by Mike Kennedy, American School & University

Healthy Schools Campaign Interview with Anja Caldwell

Earthday Network TV Interview- www.earthdaytv.net
In the Classroom


Washington Parent - It's quite easy being green by Julie Bloss Kelsey


Going Green - School Library Journal by Debra Lau Whelan

Washington Post - "At Great Seneca, Being "Green" is Elementary

Baltimore Sun - School is first to go "green" in Maryland

School Business Affairs - Greening a School District One Building at a Time

School Planning and Management Magazine - 05/07 - Making Schools Green


Video of School Visit by Superintendent
Dr. Jerry Weast- Broadband

Summer's Over: It's back to Books - Washington Post August 2006 by Lori Aratani

Saving the environment becomes a team effort at new elementary schools -
The Gazette,
August 2006
by Titus Ledbetter III

Elementary school is a go for green - MCPS hopes new Great Seneca Creek will be an environmental pioneer in State The Gazette August 2006
by Melissa A. Chadwick

The Grass is Greener on this Side- the Top Five Ways to be Green, District Administration Magazine, August 2006
by Angela Pascopella

Raising the Bar
School Construction News May/June 2006 – Q& A with Anja S. Caldwell

The Emerging Role of Portable Classrooms in Sustainable Design
School Construction News May/June 2006 by Tom Hardiman

MCPS Portable Classroom Design Challenge
School Construction News
May/June 2006

Fighting our Flush Fixation
Washington Post ,by Elizabeth Williamson, June 3rd, 2006

Montgomery Drafts Green Building Plan - Washington Post by Elizabeth Williamson

COVER TO COVER - MCPS

Northwood HS Teacher Wins Awards for Green Roof

Slowing the Flow
American Schools and Universities Magazine by Mike Kennedy

Shades of Green
School Planning and Management Magazine by Michael Flickes

Conservation Lesson
The Washington Times
by Christian Toto

Maryland District Focuses on Green Schools
Rebuild America Website

Schools Going Green
Sustainable DC Website –
Sustainability Outlook -

New School Going Green
Germantown Gazette
by Ellen Shiau


 

Presentations

2008 CEFPI High Performance School Symposium - Handout

EPA Tools for Schools Conference 2007- Handout

MEA - MD Schools Workshop for School Energy Managers

Green Building Program at Baltimore Green Week

 

Montgomery County Energy and Air Quality Advisory Committee

 

Annual NSBA Conference in San Francisco with Energy Star

Green Building at MCPS

Green Roof Pilot at MCPS


Sustainable Sites for MCPS


LEED School Pilot
-
Great Seneca Creek ES
in Germantown

Green Portable Design Challenge
 

LEED

Great Seneca Creek ES-
First LEED School in MD
Press Info
   Website  Brochure

Final LEED Scorecard

LEED for Schools Website

MCPS Green Building Report to Montgomery County EPIC

MCPS LEED Assessment

LEED Introductory Overview
English              Spanish

MCPS LEED for Schools Slam Dunk Scorecard


Eco-Charrette 2003

Green Building Pilots


Site Design
Vegetated Roof
Bioretention
Rain Gardens
Pervious Paving
Native Plantings
Integrated Pest Management

Water Efficiency

Low Flow Appliances
Waterless Urinals
Dual- Flush Toilets
Irrigation Control

Energy

Light Dimming Ballasts
Occupancy Sensors
T8 Retrofits
28W T8 Retrofits
Photovoltaics
Wind Turbine
Green Power Procurement
EMS for portable classrooms
Geoexchange Field
Hydronic Heatpumps
Solar Thermal
Daylight Harvesting
Ice Storage Cooling
Energy Star White Roof
Roller Blinds
Electrical Hand Dryers
LED Exit Signs

Materials
Construction Waste Recycling
Rubber to replace VCT
Local Materials
Green Portable Pilot
In-Vessel Composting
Agrifiber casework
Consumer Recycling

Indoor Environmental Quality
Low emitting paints and sealants
No-formaldehyde wood composites
Portable Classrooms
Filter Replacements
Tools for Schools
Green Cleaning

Transportation
Hybrid Fleet
MCPS Carpooling Policy

Green Portable Classrooms
 

Resources

Green Architectural Design Guidelines - Pilot

Portable Classroom Green Specs - Index

Green Building Program Brochure

Schools as a Teaching School incl. User Education Signage

MCPS Energy Data

MD Classroom Acoustics Guidelines

LEED Project Scope for Consultants

Green Curriculum Links
 

Links

Montgomery County Green Building Legislation
Bill 17-06
Fact Sheet for Bill 17-06
MC Regulation 16-395

Maryland Green Building Act of 2008

LEED for Schools

EPA Energy Star for K-12

CEFPI School Building Week

Collaborative for High Performance Schools CHPS

Healthy Schools Network

Sustainable Building Industry Council

Energy Smart Schools

Greening America's Schools - Costs and Benefits
Greg Katz, Capital E

Life Cycle Calculator
Douglas Paladino

Daylighting in Schools
Heschong-Mahone Group Study

Daylighting in Schools: Improving Student Performance and Health at a Price Schools Can Afford

NCEF-edfacilities.org
Daylighting Resource List
LEED Resource List
Energy Savings Resource List
High Performance Schools
Water Conservation

School Sizes- Small Schools

Environmental Building News - High Performance Schools

Indoor Air Quality- EPA
Tools for Schools Program:

Benefits of Improving Air Quality in the School Environment

"Greening the Building and the Bottom Line"
Rocky Mountain Institute

"The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building -
CA Sustainable Building Task Force"

Costing Green: Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology

National Review of Green Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Implications for Massachusetts
Greg Kats

Architecture 2030 - The 2030 Challenge and Climate Action Plan 
Presentation by Ed Mazria
Video PDF Powerpoint







 

 
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