A recently completed rehabilitation of the 1911 Silverton School in Silverton, Colo., has earned LEED-Gold certification. Silverton School is one of a small number of historic K-12 schools worldwide to achieve that designation.
The new school is a big turnaround from the aging building whose 98-year-old, coal-fired boiler gave out in November 2008. Now it is a carefully restored historic school that consumes 33% less energy than when its old boiler was functioning.