High Performance Schools & Public Buildings
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AIA's Top Ten Green Projects is the profession's best known recognition program for sustainable design excellence and celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology. High Tech High Chula Vista in California was designed to the California Collaborative for High Performance Schools protocol and was one of the projects selected. |
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U.S. Dept. of Education Starts Award Program for Green Schools The U.S. Department of Education has created a Green Ribbon Schools awards program for healthy, sustainable schools that teach environmental literacy. The program will be run by the Education Dept. with support from the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. EPA. Applications will be released later this year. |
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NE-CHPS Operations & Maintenance Guide Learn how to operate your facility at the greenest level. |
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NE-CHPS 2.0 for New Construction and Major Renovations is now available! |
The High Performance Buildings Project has been developed to promote operational energy savings in retrofit and new buildings in the region. NEEP's vision is that the work done today on High Performance Buildings will pave the way for the development of Net Zero Energy Buildings, buildings that consume no more energy than they produce, on a broader scale throughout the region.
NEEP's work in the area of High Performance Buildings has evolved from the highly successful implementation of its High Performance Schools Exchange, which includes the development of the Northeast CHPS protocol. Today, more than 50 high performance schools have been constructed in the Northeast. NEEP will continue its focus on schools as a specific building type, but has broadened this regional project to provide policy and program guidance into high performance buildings across the building stock.
High Performance Buildings Policy Projects
Please click on the policy tab above or on the links below to find out about current projects:
Public Buildings
Schools
NEEP Provides Technical Assistance to ARRA Funding Grantees
In 2010 and 2011, NEEP participated in the Department of Energy's (DOE) Technical Assistance Program (TAP), which provides resources for recipients of ARRA, SEP and EECBG funding. As a member of this network, NEEP provided free online training to help improve the energy performance of your public buildings and schools. To access NEEP's recent webinars, as well as a variety of other presentations, click here. NEEP's webinars include:
Effective O&M Policies for Public Buildings
Low to No Cost Strategies for Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings
Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings
NEEP Publishes Regional Guidance on Stimulus Funding Implementation
As the regional non-profit energy efficiency organization serving the Northeast states, NEEP has spent considerable time tracking the various provisions of the stimulus funding (ARRA) and analyzing the how funding relates to region. This document is targeted to cities, towns and states that are in the process of applying for or utilizing federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) funds, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). DOWNLOAD REGIONAL GUIDE TO EECBG IMPLEMENTATION HERE.
More Information
For more information regarding the Project, contact NEEP's Senior Program Manager for High Performance Buildings, Carolyn Sarno at 781-860-9177, ext. 119 or at csarno@neep.org.