The First Green Globes Rated School in PA!
Just got word that our recently completed renovation/addition to the CE McCall Middle School in Montoursville, PA was awarded the first Green Globes Rating of any school in Pennsylvnaia. The $19.5 m building, a sustainably focused renovation of a 1968 Middle School, was awarded two globes. This alternative rating system created by the Greeb Building Initiative http://www.thegbi.org/ is similar in some ways to the the US Green Building Councils LEED system, but we have found it to be more user friendly and flexible - all the while reaching for the same goals.
We have just started construction on the $41 m new Williamsport Area Middle School which has also been designed as a sustainable renovation/addition, but is using the LEED rating system instead. We are targeting a silver rating, but gold is appearing very possible. We will be comparing and contrasting our experiences with the Green Globes and LEED Rating systems over the next year.
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