EDUCATIONAL SECTOR ADVOCACY
Advocacy
The School Advocacy Team has been very busy working with School Districts throughout the North Texas Region, helping them improve their schools energy conservation, indoor environmental quality and saving operational budgets at the same time. In addition, the Team has been reaching out to North Texas Mayors seeking participation and support of the Mayors’ Alliance for Green Schools in coalition with School District Superintendants.
A recent Adopt-a-school program was developed and approved by Dallas ISD to allow the USGBC North Texas to take an existing school through the LEED EB O&M Certification process. With assistance from the LEED EBOM Team, a Middle school was selected. The program will allow volunteers to assess the school for compliance with LEED EB O&M, make recommendations for improvements and provide assistance in developing educational resources, make facility operational changes and implement necessary facility improvements. The project intends to raise funds for program capital needs and secure voluntary support from the local industry in product and/or installation donations, to bring the school into compliance with the minimum program requirements and as many of the best practice standards are reasonably achievable.
Projects
DALLAS HOMELESS SHELTER
LEED NEWS
INTERNATIONAL LEED GROWTH
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