Collaborative for High Performance Schools
The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is the United States' first green building rating program especially designed for K-12 schools.[1] CHPS provides information and resources to schools in order to facilitate the construction and operation of high performance institutions. A high performance school is energy and resource efficient as well as healthy, comfortable, well lit, and containing the amenities for a quality education.
History and organization
CHPS was created as the result of a meeting in November 1999, when the
Now, CHPS is a national membership organization with two high performance building rating and recognition programs: CHPS Designed and CHPS Verified. Schools can self-certify their building through the CHPS Designed program, or seek
CHPS membership is composed of over 225 member organizations including government agencies,
High performance schools
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High performance schools are healthy, comfortable, energy efficient, resource efficient, water efficient, safe, secure, adaptable, and easy to operate and maintain.
High performance design is also
On June 4, 2008, the
CHPS Best Practices Manual
The CHPS Best Practices Manual is a six-volume technical guide for high performance schools. The manual covers planning, design, high performance benchmarks, maintenance and operations, commissioning and relocatable classrooms in high performance schools.
See also
- Education in the United States
- Environment of the United States
- Environmental groups and resources serving K–12 schools
References
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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- ^ "Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-20. Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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- ^ a b http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2908 "Greening America’s Schools," Gregory Kats.
- ^ a b "Top News - House approves funding for 'green' schools". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2008-11-25. eSchool News.
- ^ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.03021 Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine: THOMAS Library of Congress.
- ^ "Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) | Excellence in Public Educationcal Facilities". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-10-22. California DGS.