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Sterling College is designing and building a green dorm--with a little help from their students.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on August 28, 2009

CRAFTSBURY COMMON, VT-Talk about practical training– a course on “Green Dorms” at Sterling College will result in the construction of a sustainable student residence, with input from the students themselves. Planned for fall 2010 occupancy, the dorm will be Sterling’s first new student residence in more than 40 years. But sustainable building isn’t new.

“Almost 10 years ago, we had a senior project in which we talked about green building,” says Ned Houston, the college vice president and faculty member who was among the course’s instructors.

This time, however, the class, taught by Sterling faculty and Milford Cushman–an architectural planner and principal of Stowe, VT-based Cushman Design Group–was more than theoretical. Sterling obtained a $65,000 grant that allowed it to recruit a mix of first- through third-year students, who will actually see, and perhaps live in the building.

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