Guidelines on How to Build a Healthy School

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The United States Green Building Council‘s (USGBC) Center for Green Schools, started by the Georgia Chapter, is behind the transformation of the educational system in this country through the introduction of high performance schools and facilities. It all starts with providing an environment for learning focusing on health, education and the responsible use of funds, which are “the three major concerns that the school system struggles with”, says Laura Turdel Seydel – Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation. The fundamentals are simple and are the typical goals of the Board of Education. But this initiative, which is a coalition between some of the top educational and environmental associations in the country, does this by focusing on where students are learning and that means updating the technology of our schools.

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Cite: Irina Vinnitskaya. "Guidelines on How to Build a Healthy School" 22 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/200639/guidelines-on-how-to-build-a-healthy-school> ISSN 0719-8884

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