Greensburg High School on May 8th, 2007 There are two big forces at - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Greensburg High School on May 8th, 2007 “There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.” Leo F Buscaglia

Greentown Greenhome Community art center Greensburg Wind Farm Kiowa County Medical Center

Classification: 2A Campus: K-12 GREENSBURG, KANSAS... HOME OF THE MAVERICKS!!!

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Feb. 2009 Aug. 2009 Making a plan... United States Green where do we Building Council start? July 2010 August 2010

L E E D • L eadership Classifications • E nvironmental of “green” design by the • E nergy U.S. Green • D esign Building Council

LEED Ratings 2009 for Schools new Construction and Major renovations 100 base points Certified 40–49 points Silver 50–59 points Gold 60–79 points Platinum 80 points or more Kiowa County Schools http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=8872

Going Green! Lets take a closer look! Procedures used by USD #422

All teachers utilize various opportunity to learn through “green” curriculums Re-use Reduce Recycle

7th grade students exploring water rockets as part of a lesson in alternative fuel sources HIGH SCHOOL GREEN CLUB Vision Statement: As The Green Club, we aspire to impact our community, nation, and world, by educating, inspiring, and involving people. Our aim is to help people become more efficient and to help bring balance to their inner and outer environments in order to help them into a greener future.

Junior High Students are trained to give “Green” Tours of our Campus

All classrooms have paper recycle bins available

Bins throughout school bins in teacher’s workspace Staff promotes recycling Janitor cleanup bins

Printer in each classroom allows teachers to better monitor printing by students Use of laptops and paperless assignments at the High School save paper waste

Library contains selections promoting the “green” movement

Healthy meals Paperless cleanup Compost of waste food

One of 13 wind generators used by Kiowa County

State of the art synthetic turf... no.... painting, watering, seeding, fertilizing, or mowing

Synthetic turf allows for unlimited use by the community

Galvanized water collection system!

Natural limestone rocks from Kansas provide landscapin

Holding tanks for captured rain water. We can house over 120,000 gallons of water for irrigation purposes!

ll cabinets are made from recycled wheat board product

Junior high science garden... Utilizing natural weed barriers and manure for fertilization. Watered with captured rain water

All classrooms feature Promethean boards and wireless internet connectivity

Paperless hand washing Water-Free Urinals

No paper towels here!!!!!

Recycled Cypress wood... Reclaimed from destruction by Hurricane Katrina

Polished concrete floors... Low Maintenance!

Entire building features natural lighting for energy Both of our Gymnasiums feature natural light. During conservation! normal school hours no electric light is used!

Motion Lighting 1. Automatically turn on with motion 2. Turn off after pre set time of inactivity *Imagine how much your home electric bill would be lowered if your kids never left the lights on!

Outdoor classroom: featuring natural light and clean air environment

Greensburg boasts more LEED platinum-certified buildings and geothermal wells per capita than anywhere else in the world. Our campus features 43 underground wells that heat and cool our building

Saving Fuel Many of our school vehicles feature Hydrogen fuel boosting systems which increase fuel efficiency by up to 30%

We hope you’ve enjoyed your tour of our school!

Thank You! Kirk Miller Teacher USD #422 Kiowa County Schools kmiller@usd422.org

Websites: http://www.greensburggreentown.org/ http://www.usd422.org/ http://www.greensburgks.org/ http://www.usgbc.org/