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Green Schools To Get Mayors' Boost

Keeping kids healthy and saving cash is a good incentive to go green for school districts.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on October 23, 2008

[IMGCAP(1)]Want a way for schools to improve test scores, reduce asthma and perhaps even be able to hire an extra teacher or two? One of the best ways to do so is for the school building to go green, say major studies. Now, the nation’s mayors are uniting to help.

In mid-October, Mayor Manny Diaz of Miami and Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle announced the formation of the Mayors’ Alliance for Green Schools, a coalition of mayors seeking to promote the benefits of green schools in their communities. Developed in partnership with the US Green Building Council (USGBC), the Alliance will work to accelerate implementation of programs supporting the 2007 US Conference of Mayors resolution calling for green schools for all children within a generation.

“Schools are one of the fastest-growing sectors,” looking at sustainability, says Rachel Gutter, senior manager-education sector of the USGBC, Washington, DC. Since LEED for Schools was established in April 2007, the council has seen an average of one to two new schools applying for certification every day, with the total doubling each year. The US currently has approximately 126,000 schools for grades K-12, and about 1,000 now have registered for or achieved some level of LEED certification.

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