| Cincinnati Schools' Green Renovation | | | | natural building materials, noxious-free cleaning |
| Cincinnati School's has in effect a long term $1 billion | | | | products and art supplies, as well as natural water |
| building project that will help to renovate and rebuild | | | | filtration systems." |
| many of its older buildings. One Cincinnati School 's | | | | The article discusses the five key areas that the |
| elementary school, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School, | | | | Cincinnati Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School |
| has been recently featured in District Administration. | | | | project uses innovative techniques or old-fashioned |
| This national magazine focuses on issues in K-12 | | | | common sense to improve the building design. The |
| education. The article from the August issue | | | | Cincinnati Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School |
| discusses the growing concern and interest in green | | | | project will improve the lighting of the schools in |
| building and environmentally friendly construction. The | | | | several ways. The lights will feature sensors that will |
| article states that even though the upfront cost can | | | | automatically turn off lights in unoccupied rooms. |
| be more the long term benefits of green | | | | Currently Cincinnati's City Hall is using a similar system |
| construction are quite clear. The construction of | | | | that has greatly reduced energy costs. The Cincinnati |
| Cincinnati Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is | | | | Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School will also |
| not only a gain for green construction strategies but | | | | have photovoltaic panels, which convert solar energy |
| it also teaches the students important lessons about | | | | into electricity. Saving energy with heating and cooling |
| the environment and responsibility. | | | | systems is also a concern. All the new and renovated |
| Cincinnati Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School | | | | Cincinnati Schools will have central air systems. The |
| will be the first LEED School in Cincinnati Schools upon | | | | article states that, "Air conditioned classrooms |
| its completion. The LEED Green Building Rating | | | | prevent pollution from outside, and in the end, help |
| System was devised by the U.S. Green Building | | | | asthmatic children breathe easier, he says. And |
| Council which has helped Cincinnati Schools write its | | | | moisture from hot, humid days can also cause ceiling |
| new building plans and codes. The article refers to | | | | pads to buckle or gym floors to sag" |
| the work of Ginny Frazier as one of the major | | | | Another area the article talks about is indoor air |
| influences on the Pleasant Ridge Elementary School | | | | pollution. Cincinnati Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary |
| project. A private citizen who lives in the area, Frazier | | | | School project is using less carpet in the design in |
| is the head of a local group that advocates | | | | order to help reduce pollutants indoors. Plans for |
| environmentally friendly building. She went to the | | | | reducing the amount of water use in the Cincinnati |
| Cincinnati Schools' authorities and administrators with | | | | Schools' would also be based on sensors that detect |
| proposals on how the school in her neighborhood | | | | movement around sinks and toilets. The article |
| could be rebuilt using green materials and | | | | comments on the concerns that the Cincinnati |
| environmentally friendly tactics. Some of the ideas | | | | Schools' Pleasant Ridge Elementary School project |
| she proposed included according to the article, | | | | has in this area. The main concern is in using faucets |
| "geothermal heating so the new building uses the | | | | that have an automatic shut off system or a push |
| earth's temperature for cooling and heating, using | | | | button system. |