By Sector

Two Harbors High School, Lake Superior School District: Two Harbors, MN

Faced with a declining student population, the Lake Superior School District replaced an aging high school and an elementary school with a larger energy-efficient facility.

Plano Elementary School: Bowling Green, KY

Warren County, (Ky.), Public Schools have saved more than $4 million in energy costs since 2003. The newest school, Plano Elementary, uses 26.8 kBtu/ft2 yr.

Twenhofel Middle School: Independence, KY

Twenhofel Middle School provides an education in sustainability both inside and outside the classroom. Students compete to conserve energy ...

Ohlone College Newark Center: Newark, CA

Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology demonstrates the affordability of sustainable strategies by ...

Bethke Elementary: Timnath, CO

Colorado's Poudre School District reduces energy use as well as construction costs and time by using a prototype design that is progressively improved ...

Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons Building: Chicago, IL

The bookless digital library at Loyola University Chicago uses expansive glass façades and operable windows to create the sense of being outdoors on ...

Manassas Park Elementary School and Prekindergarten: Manassas Park, VA

This Manassas Park, Va., school engages students to be stewards of their own environment by highlighting sustainable building systems and by ...

Tyson Living Learning Center: Eureka, MO

Washington University's research and education center outside of St. Louis aims to meet goals of net zero energy and net zero water use.

Portland State's Shattuck Hall: Portland, OR

Originally built as an elementary school in 1915, Shattuck Hall now provides a learning laboratory for architecture students. An $11.7 million renovation ...

The Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy: Kamuela, HI

K-12 students learn about alternative energy and test their own renewable energy systems at a living lab that last year produced twice as much energy ...