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<body>On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:09:48 -0400, sanjay jain <sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex"><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426948891417_11232">Some things that come to mind (in no particular order): <snip></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A couple of snippets from a 2010 document "Green Schools as High Performance Learning Facilities"</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.ncef.org/pubs/greenschools.pdf</div><div><br></div><div>============ copied material ============</div><div><br></div><div>" ... green schools save $100,000 per year on average, with 30 to 45 percent reduction in water use and a 30 to 50 percent reduction in energy use and utility bills, compared to a typical school. The result is a payback of the 2 percent first-cost premium within a few years. (USGBC, 2010)" </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>" A healthier school environment is another benefit of green schools, beyond lower operating costs. ... have been shown to improve student focus, retention, and test scores; enhance teacher performance; and lower absenteeism among both students and teachers.</div><div>... savings from reduced emissions, higher productivity, teacher retention, and employment impacts,<br>and lower rates of asthma and other illnesses, we see an additional payback of $64 per square foot. This is a total payback 20 times the initial investment for a green school. (Kats, 2006)"</div><div> ======= * =========</div><div><br></div><div>And in the section entitled " Green Schools, Health, and Productivity" there are discussions about the student productivity benefits of the Green awareness items such as healthy materials selection/ventilation rates/ IAQ, daylighting/access to views </div><div><br></div><div>The document is short enough (13 pages + 3 pages of references) that it can be suggested as compulsory reading for all of the members on the advisory committee. </div><br><div id="M2Signature"><div>-- </div><div>=== * ===<br>Rob Tom ADT1 <br>Kanata, Ontario, Canada</div></div></body></html>