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America’s schools spend more than $8 billion each year on energy
– more than is spent on textbooks and computers combined! If
your school hasn’t updated its lighting in the past five years,
a lighting retrofit could reduce the amount of energy you use
for lighting by 30 to 50 percent, and by 10 to 20 percent of
energy used for cooling. Cost savings generated by energy
efficiency upgrades can be redirected toward health and safety
promoting building renovations and the upgrades themselves can
have positive health impacts. Read more>> These guidelines
recommend six steps states can take to build or enhance a school
environmental health program and include a model K-12 school
environmental health program. The Guidelines are among upcoming
sessions in the Green Strides Webinar Series: Oct. 24, 2012, 4-5
p.m.: Investigating the Climate System (NASA) Nov. 1, 2012, 3-4
p.m.: Accessing and Using NOAA Data in the Classroom (NOAA) Nov.
7, 2012, 2-3 p.m. Integrat