As if cranking out 100 new schools and 2,000 capital improvement projects next year werent enough, the New York City School Construction Authority will be doing it green. With all new design projects commencing January 1, the SCA will be applying new Green School Standards and a Green School Rating System to all projects.
The SCA will create guidelines that will incorporate water and energy conservation requirements mandated in the new Local Law 86 right into a green school rating system, says E. Bruce Barrett, vice president, architecture and engineering for the SCA. In addition, the guidelines will offer ways to reduce the costs and complexity of implementing sustainable design.