Monday, October 25, 2010, Sen. Ben Nelson
Statistics show that Americans spend 90 percent of our time in buildings, which is why we're seeing a surge in the growth of green buildings, especially schools. U.S. school systems have 55 million students and 5 million faculty members. That's 20 percent of the population spending 6 hours or more each day in a school building.
Many of the older buildings have poor ventilation, heating, cooling and lighting systems.
Making our schools "green" will not only improve the lives and health of students and teachers but will help the environment and the taxpayer and the nation.
Read the rest of this article, which includes information about savings for taxpayers, the environment and the university at http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1675442.html
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