Bruss to build 'green' school.Bruss Construction has been named construction manager for the Second Nature Academy Elementary School in Nashua. Bruss will be using a green curriculum model with the goal of being the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. ) certified green elementary school in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . "Using a green curriculum, we will guide children through the learning process of core curriculum areas through the study of habitats, wildlife, plant life, sustainable forest management Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the management of forests according to the principles of sustainable development. It is also the current culmination in a progression of basic forest management concepts preceded by Sustainable forestry and sustainable yield forestry , farming, and biodiversity," said Deborah Gleeson, executive director of Second Nature Academy. Phase 1 of the project consists of a one-story elementary school to start in the spring. The school will include classrooms, offices, a great hall, restrooms and HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free rooms. Phase 2 consists of the barn, to house administrative offices and general classroom space, anticipated to start in spring 2008. "From the Marketplace" contains articles, photos and insights by and about New Hampshire Business Review New Hampshire Business Review is a bi-monthly publication, based in Manchester, covering business-related issues in New Hampshire. It is published on newsprint by Pennsylvania-based Independent Publications, which also owns the Telegraph of Nashua advertisers. |
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