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C o n T e n T S 18 Kiowa County Schools Stronger, Better, Greener After a two-mile wide tornado plowed through Greensburg, Kan., in 2007, the town and school district committed to rebuilding a model green community, focusing on passive building systems and integrated design. The school also functions as a badly needed social hub for this reemerging town. Renewable electricity is provided by an on-site wind generator and off-site city wind farm. The building incorporates reclaimed cypress from another natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina. The school uses only 29.2 kBtu/ft2 · yr, less than half the energy used by a school built to code. 30 Northwest Maritime Center Currents of the Past The Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, Wash., engages visitors in the adventure that is traditional and contemporary maritime life with sailing classes and a large boat building and repair facility. The center also seeks to protect, restore and improve the waters of the Puget Sound. A pier is designed to minimize impact on eelgrass, a critical and sensitive habitat for fish. Strategies that take advantage of natural resources, such as oceansource heat pumps, daylighting and natural ventilation, help reduce energy use and cost. The facility uses 30 kBtu/ ft2 · yr, saving $29,000 a year in electric bills compared to a LEED base case building. 6 High Tech High Chula Vista Teaching for the Future High Tech High Chula Vista is organized into neighborhoods to promote team teaching as well as provide a sense of ownership and place. Novel approaches such as this help the charter school get results. One-hundred percent of the culturally diverse school’s graduates have been admitted to college. Students and faculty contribute to the school’s ongoing sustainability and sense of community by participating in carpooling, on-site recycling, composting and vermiculture. Extensive daylighting and a hybrid ventilation system contribute to an annual energy use index of 23.8 kBtu/ft2 and an ENERGY STAR rating of 94. Factory-made modular components reduced construction time, costs and waste. 4 HIGH PERFORMING BUILDINGS Summer 2012

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