New Jersey schools LEED the way: how the Garden State plans to green new schools.(New Jersey LEED Schools)(Leadership in energy & environmental design)

New Jersey, like many states across the country, is experiencing a building boom of historic levels in school construction and renovation. New Jersey is also taking the lead regarding the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) (1) of new school projects, which may provide a blueprint for other states for the development of LEED-certified educational structures.

In July of 2002, after a long grass-roots campaign, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey signed Executive Order 24, (2) which authorized the creation of the New Jersey School Construction Corp (NJSCC) and ...

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