MOVING UPSTREAM BERTSCHI SCHOOL LIVING BUILDING SCIENCE WING OPENS!
ANNIE LEONARD’S THE STORY OF CITIZENS UNITED
The Bertschi School Living Building Science Wing
Why have corporations gotten so powerful? And what can
recently celebrated with a grand opening featuring
we do about it? Watch Annie Leonard’s new film to see what
students, speakers, a ribbon cutting and an open
she thinks.
house in the new space. Built to Living Building Challenge version 2.0 standards, the smart little classroom will be a “living laboratory” for grade school scientists. Listen to the feature on KUOW radio.
THE GREEN MACHINE: ALGAE CLEAN WASTEWATER, CONVERT TO BIODIESEL Just think, algae grown from wastewater to make biodiesel
WASHINGTON’S LARGEST COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT IS TEACHING KIDS TOO! Poulsbo Middle School is being transformed into a model for sustainability through Washington state’s Community Solar Program. The 7,500 square foot, 390 module project is almost complete. And students will be able to monitor solar production on-line, we call that a win – win!
in order to power buses, farm equipment and the like. Water savings, fuel savings and better emissions! Read more to see what researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are up to.
OBAMA INTRODUCES ‘BETTER BUILDING’ PLAN “President Obama recently put forward the Better Buildings Initiative, an incentive program designed to stimulate spending on energy-efficient retrofits for commercial buildings.” One of the goals is to increase the efficiency
OKANAGAN COLLEGE SELECTED FOR SUSTAINABLE STUDY
of commercial buildings 20% by 2020. We think we can
The trades training building for Okanagan College is
MAKING PROGRESS?
one of two Canadian projects that have been selected for presentation at the World Sustainable Building Conference later this year.
increase the number even more, do you?
Do you have a lead on cutting-edge green building progress in the region? Contact mike.berrisford@cascadiagbc.org and put “Moving Upstream News Lead” in the subject line.
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