From January 18th to February 15th, 116 schools throughout the country will compete to reduce electricity usage at their schools by taking part in the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge® (GCC). This year marks the 5th rendition of the project. Click here for information on the 2010 version. Sponsored by the Green Schools Alliance (GSA), [...]
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Site Visit: Denver Public School’s First LEED Gold Campus
November 8th, 2011 
Eric Wilson A week and a half ago, I attended the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s Green School Summit. For my notes on the conference, click here. Held on the 35-acre Evie Garrett Dennis E-12, early childhood through 12th grade, though there is also a 2 year program on the campus (for nursing and other career [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Site Visits 
Tags: Colorado, Denver, Food, Green Schools, LEED, Net Zero Energy, Photovoltaic 
No Comments »USGBC Colorado’s Green School Summit Wrap-up
November 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson Although I did not “live blog” the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s recent Green School Summit, here are my notes from the event: There are numerous free resources for energy efficiency available in Colorado. Two key ones are the Governor’s Energy Office and the Community Office of Resource Efficiency. Sangre de Christo School District [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy, Live Blogging Tags: Colorado, Green Schools, LEED, USGBC No Comments »Crossroads Preparatory School’s New Building Achieves Platinum Rating
May 27th, 2010 Eric Wilson In January 2010, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded Crossroads College Preparatory School, in St. Louis, MO, platinum certification, the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification, making it: One of only six schools in the nation to earn such a distinction. The only K-12 LEED Platinum Certified school [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Guest Authors, Sustainability Tags: Amy Rhodes, Green Schools, LEED, Saint Louis Missouri, Water Conservation No Comments »December Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
November 30th, 2009 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the upcoming green events calendar for the coming month. Last month we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. This month there are several international conferences posted on Conference Alerts. Here are a few domestic and a [...]
