All Posts Tagged With: "green education"
ML: BL Companies’ Hooker Environmental Studies Magnet School in Hartford
The Mary M. Hooker Environmental Studies Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut opened back in 1952 and provides practical environmental education for K-8 students. The school is about to undergo a two-year renovation that will seek a LEED Gold rating from USGBC. Designed by BL Companies, the expansion will include a 30-seat science thereater, a greenhouse, an acquatics lab, and feature a working ecosystem in the lobby. BL’s design also includes a butterfly vivarian- one of just a few in the Northeast.
17Nov2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Second Building at Willow School in Gladstone, New Jersey Earns LEED Rating
The private K-8 Willow School in Gladstone, New Jersey has already received a LEED Gold rating from USGBC for its main building. Phase II of the school’s green construction efforts included a 13,000-square-foot structure dubbed “the Barn,” which includes a middle school, dining hall, and performing arts space. Not to be outdone by the main building, the Barn recently earned a LEED Platinum rating based on green features that include recycled Douglas fir and terrazzo glass tile recycled from airplane windshields.
11Nov2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Rensselaer’s Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center: Troy, New York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York opened up its new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (”EMPAC”) earlier this month. The university selected Grimshaw Architects as the winner of an international competition to design the 220,000-square-foot EMPAC. RPI is applying for a LEED Silver certification from USGBC for the EMPAC, which is actually built into the side of a hill on the university’s campus. EMPAC includes a 1200-seat concert hall, 400-seat theater, and various studios, A/V production rooms, and artists-in-residence studios. A 100-foot tall glass curtain wall provides interior views of the concert hall, which is clad on the exterior in western red cedar and also supports the building’s roof as a structural element.
30Oct2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
ML: New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s Center for Environmental & Scientific Education
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s Center for Environmental and Scientific Education and William D. McDowell Observatory in Lyndhurst is just a stone’s throw away from the Sports Complex. The 10,000-square-foot structure housing the Center will be operated by Ramapo College as a study center for both astronomy and environmental education; the NJMC is seeking an unspecified level of LEED certification for the project. Designed by architect Fredric A. Rosen and built by general contractor Bernard Associates, the Center includes a number of classrooms, science labs, and a multipurpose room geared for use by both K-12 students and the general public, offering an environmental curriculum that will also emphasize the building’s sustainable features.
21Jul2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
New School to Prepare Students for New York City Green Business Sector
In the fall of 2008, the New School will begin offering a multi-disciplinary program in Environmental Studies. Students may choose to take either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies, and each brings its own level of specialization. The new program will be administered by the New School’s Tishman Environment and Design Center, which is currently the main area of environmental studies at the university. It will focus on New York City as its laboratory, with a special emphasis on urban ecosystems and sustainable design.
27Jun2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: Higher Education & Rutgers’ Capital Improvement Program
Sustainable design is becoming increasingly imperative for institutions of higher education as they seek to attract high caliber students. According to New York Construction magazine, while construction activity in the sector remains typical, enrollment will increase by thirteen percent by 2015. Schools are aware that demonstrating their commitment to green through sustainable campus buildings can [...]
8Oct2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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