| Mobile classrooms and portable buildings can be the | | | | insulation. |
| perfect solution for schools that need to | | | | In a green mobile classroom, you can work with |
| accommodate a growing number of students. They | | | | natural lighting, which is better for the ability of |
| can be built quicker and offer a fast solution for | | | | students to concentrate and for the overall learning. |
| schools which need to expand their facilities in a short | | | | Students with the most classroom daylight can |
| time. | | | | progress faster than those who learn in an |
| As classrooms have become overcrowded and | | | | environment which receives less amount of natural |
| provide outdated facilities, the need for an improved | | | | light. Sun pipes used in a green mobile classroom can |
| educational space has become greater. Mobile | | | | diffuse the light and not be a source of glare. Daylight |
| classrooms and portable buildings are now truly | | | | can provide for energy savings. |
| modular. A mobile classroom manufactured with | | | | Portable buildings can be designed to have lower |
| modern technology can be a permanent part of the | | | | environmental impact. They are energy and water |
| school. If your school system needs additional space, | | | | efficient. They use durable, non-toxic materials, high in |
| you can find a solution for an effective learning | | | | recycled content and timber from sustainable forests. |
| environment quickly and at an affordable price. A | | | | Portable buildings and mobile classrooms preserve |
| portable building or a mobile classroom is a solution to | | | | pristine natural areas on their sites. They can use |
| the problem of rapid growth and shifting school | | | | non-polluting and renewable energy to a greater |
| population. | | | | extent. |
| Traditional temporary classrooms have a record of | | | | One green solution for portable buildings and mobile |
| problems such as condensation, dust collection in | | | | classrooms are cool roofs. Cool roofs that reflect |
| HVAC systems, and mold. Modern mobile buildings are | | | | solar radiation and radiate energy away before it is |
| designed with the aim of avoiding such problems. | | | | absorbed can reduce the cooling load during peak |
| Mobile classrooms can be less expensive than | | | | hours when energy is more expensive. In addition, |
| traditional site built classrooms and can become | | | | cool roofs are more weather and climate tolerant. |
| available sooner than built classrooms. The cost for | | | | Another improvement offered by portable buildings |
| such a classroom can be as low as 45% cheaper | | | | and mobile classrooms manufacturers are sedum |
| than a typical permanent classroom or addition. | | | | green roofs. Sedum roofs are living carpets of low |
| Although traditional temporary classrooms can use | | | | growing succulent plants. They have shallow roots |
| more energy for heating, cooling, lighting and | | | | that absorb morning dew and can rehydrate during |
| ventilation, such costs can be lowered by | | | | sunny and windy periods of drought. A sedum green |
| manufacturers of portable buildings that use green | | | | roof can reduce heat loss in winter, and the internal |
| sources of energy. | | | | temperature in summer, it helps reduce energy costs. |
| Green portable building options use environmentally | | | | It can improve sound insulation of the building, while |
| friendly building products, and energy saving | | | | plants will remove carbon dioxide and absorb |
| technologies. Students studying in a green mobile | | | | pollutants from the air. It can also protect the roof |
| classroom will be directly exposed to technology | | | | from UV light while evaporation from the vegetation |
| designed to protect the environment. | | | | will cool the air around the roof. |
| If your school is situated in a beautiful natural setting, | | | | Classrooms using PV solar power reduce energy |
| the closer a classroom is to wildlife and nature, the | | | | costs and are a tool to make children better |
| more benefits your students can reap from studying | | | | understand why saving energy and designing green |
| science in such a location. Mobile classrooms can be | | | | solutions to building spaces will improve the quality of |
| oriented in any direction and can be installed in a wide | | | | life on our planet. PV panels reduce the carbon |
| variety of site conditions. | | | | footprint and save energy costs. |
| Understanding and conveying spoken messages is an | | | | Modular portable buildings have significant advantages |
| important part of the learning process. Students are | | | | including shorter constructions time, reduced site |
| sensitive to background noise, their comprehension is | | | | disruption, consistent quality, financial savings and |
| greatly reduced due to background noise. Sources of | | | | flexibility of use. While manufacturers can produce |
| noise may include outdoor sounds, loud | | | | specialty units such as science labs, or a technology |
| air-conditioning and ventilation systems. Turning off | | | | enabled mobile classroom with computers and |
| the ventilation system can lead to increased carbon | | | | Internet access, the single classroom is the most |
| dioxide concentration and other indoor air quality | | | | common application. A mobile classroom can be a |
| problems. A mobile classroom or portable building is a | | | | comfortable classroom, efficient in its use of |
| better solution; it can even accommodate a music | | | | materials and environmentally responsible. |
| room where you can benefit from the noise | | | | |