Creating Sustainable Schools That Practice What They Preach

From: The Moorestown Patch
By John Shields

Would you trust a plumber if you visited his workshop and found leaks sprouting everywhere? You shouldn’t. In the same way, should we trust our educators to proselytize the importance of transitioning to sustainability if the school itself wasn’t an example of its own teachings?

Fortunately, we’re beginning to see positive progress in educating green, inside of school buildings that embody the very same principles.

Holy Cross High School in Delran is one in particular that took major steps to cut energy consumption in 2007. They focused on lighting retrofits and contracted with Maple Shade-based GreenTech Energy Services. (Read more: The Moorestown Patch).

 

GreenTech Energy Services
email@greentechenergy.com
Phone: 856-439-9400
122 East Kings Highway, Ste 503
Maple Shade, NJ 08052