Green Schools are Great for the Tax Payers and their Kids

Green Schools are Great for the Tax Payers and their Kids

Despite our people's greatest efforts our schools remain heavy consumers of energy and are constructed using materials that can potentially be harmful to kids in the long run. The government has been slow in upgrading the facilities that shape our future generation and appears to be indifferent to the school's rabid consumption of energy and in turn other resources as well. It's clear that our government rather cut salaries and benefits for teachers in order to balance the budget as opposed to taking a proactive approach to achieving sustainable reductions in school's energy costs. However, spending money now to save money in the future was never the governments forte and upgrading our schools will surely cost millions. There is cause for concern when the schools' energy costs far exceed the cost of books and other school supplies.

The good news is that the government is finally recognizing the substantial benefits that can be derived from building green schools and other public facilities. Aside from the obvious benefits to the environment, green schools can save the tax payers billions in future energy costs and sadly that is the only thing that matters to the government. Many new school developments are now constructed using green architecture principals that harness thermal, solar, and solar thermal energy and using it to heat or cool the structure accordingly. Such building techniques are not new and the use of hollow core slabs and precast concrete has been around for years and has seen real success in reducing energy costs without sacrificing the energy quality. Green homes consume less energy but do they actually meet the cooling and heating needs of the residents? The answer is yes. Despite some bad practices of some green builders that resulted in poor performance, the vast majority of smart homes deliver results in both performance and energy savings.

Building new schools green is all well and good but upgrading older schools to be green can cost a lot more. When it comes to upgrading older facilities the government takes the "If it aint broke don't fix it" approach. The problem with that is that it is fact that even though the old schools can still function they deliver poor performance when it comes to energy usage. It's the equivalent of using an old mobile phone when one can be using an iPhone. There are some steps being taken in parts of North America to greenify older schools, however, there needs to be a stronger emphasis from the government to really drive this forward. It is the job of parents to put pressure on school districts, who in turn will put pressure on the national government, to start building towards a greener future. Greener is better.

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