Green faculties, or green buildings sometimes, is a term given to colleges that are engineered to be environmentally delicate, energy-efficient, and healthy for their occupants.

Any building that’s hard to heat or cool, that needs a good deal of lighting, that wastes water, uses no recycled materials, or has a displeasing “feel” to the people that work and study there’s certainly not a green college! Initially, the “green-ness” of this college might not be clear to you. Of course, it feels warm in winter and cool in the summertime just like every other college. And there doesn’t appear to be anything wierd about the lighting.

The doors and windows, walls and floors look pretty routine. So what is the difference? The difference is that the designer considered environmental supportability and operating potency at each possible opportunity when planning and supplying the new college.

* Lights and appliances work really efficiently.
* hi-tech controls adjust or turn off fixtures or appliances dependent on their present use.
* Non-polluting solar energy produces some of the school’s electricity.
* Some of the floor materials, carpets, and many furniture are made out of replaceable or recycled materials and can be swiftly recycled when they should get replaced.
* unpolluted air comes into the college mechanically (roof vents draw it into the heating channels) and through the operable windows.
* Rancid air that’s being vented out of the building gives up some of its energy to pre-heat inward bound clean air.
* heaps of natural lighting creates a nice, healthy indoor environment.
* Exterior windows are airtight and engineered to keep heat within in winter.
* No poisonous paints, finishes, or polishes were used. The Green Faculties Project creates community, student, and school-staff pride in your school’s building and grounds. It builds a knowledge of the school’s green systems, materials, and technologies.

This sense of pride initiates :

* An expanded use of these green materials and technologies in the bigger community and
* Support for programs that spur the development of green buildings.