Even though we as an organization are focusing on supporting teachers to embrace a green or eco-friendly learning environment for their students, we are finding through our research that the education system is also trying to embrace a green approach to building our schools.
Here an exert from an article that I found the other day ...
www.builderzone.com
Tricks of the green module trade
In general, modular buildings use the same materials and subscribe to the same building codes as site-built structures, the chief difference being that modules are assembled in a factory and shipped to the job site. For this reason, they can actually be greener than some site-built structures.
Modules are constructed much more quickly than site-built buildings, cutting on-site construction time by 60-70%, says Robert Kullman, chief corporate strategist at Kullman, a Lebanon, N.J., manufacturer of modular structures.
That results in much less site disturbance, site pollution, fuel needed to drive to and from the site, and water run-off from disturbed soil. Factory building also reduces waste by allowing for recycling of materials in the factory, says Tucker.
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Karen
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