Old Colony High School Gets Green Makeover

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School (OCRVT) is going green. In a major effort to reduce its energy output, the school is getting a makeover in the form of building upgrades that will reduce Old Colony’s utility usage by 50 percent per year. A kick-off celebration on February 2 marked the launch of the $3 million energy efficiency upgrade project. The event – which took place at …

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Membrane Technology


GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Redemption World Outreach Center embarked on a plan to build an athletic center that would serve the congregation and surrounding community, they found a cost-effective solution with stressed structure-membrane technology.
 
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Elementary School Marks First LEED Campus in Alaska

WASILLA, Alaska — An elementary school in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in south-central Alaska is the state’s first LEED-certified school.
 
Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School was designed and built under recently adopted district policies that require all new construction of public facilities to achieve LEED certification.

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Study: Students Struggle to Pay for College

LOS ANGELES — A new study revealed that community college students are working an average of 23 hours per week to cover college costs, a work schedule that may be affecting academic performance.
 
According to the report by the California Student Public Interest Research Group titled “Working Too Hard to Make the Grade,” students could graduate faster and with better grades if they spent less time at their jobs and more time in the classroom.
 
Twenty-four percent of community college students who intend to either

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Education Facilities Forum

The 5th Education Facilities Forum, taking place on March 15th at Citifields Stadium, will host more than 50 senior facilities management executives and a select number of vendors to discuss latest developments and trends in the school construction and management.
 
The Forum is complimentary for senior facility managers and includes refreshments and workshops.

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Md. District Approves $1.49 Billion Building Plan

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Montgomery County Board of Education approved a $1.49 billion, six-year construction plan that will result in renovations or additions to 29 of the county’s 200 schools, as well as the construction of a new elementary and middle school in Clarksburg.

 
The plan, part of a $3.9 billion capital budget that increases capital spending for county schools by more than 17 percent, takes advantage of an estimated 30 percent drop in construction costs in the area over the last two years.

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