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School Leaders & Education Professionals

Green buildings and sustainable practices in schools directly support student success, staff well-being, and responsible fiscal management. High-performance school buildings are not only efficient, they improve indoor air quality, natural lighting, and thermal comfort—factors proven to boost student learning, concentration, and attendance, while reducing asthma and absenteeism.

Sustainable schools also lower utility costs, freeing up budget for educational priorities.

Green Building Alliance works with PreK-12 schools and school districts in a range of capacities, from dedicated technical assistance in planning the next new building project, upgrade, or renovation, to training school facilities staff to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce utility costs, improve indoor air quality, and implement green cleaning methods.

Our team also provides tailored course content for PreK-12 students, helping schools integrate sustainability into facilities and curricula, and provide exposure to real-world learning and in-demand jobs in the building design, construction, and operations sectors.

Helpful Resources

A classroom with students seated at desks facing a teacher in front of a projection screen. Students are listening attentively, with backpacks on some chairs.

Green & Healthy Schools Academy
A girl in a pink sweatshirt is smiling and raising her hand while sitting next to a man in a dark jacket at an event. Audience members are clapping in the background, with a brick wall behind them.

Green & Healthy Schools Resources
A view of a courtyard surrounded by white buildings, with green grass and trees in the center. The architecture features columns and balcony spaces on the left and right sides.

Biophilic Design in Schools
A woman kneels beside a young girl drawing with chalk on a sidewalk. Two other children are in the background, engaged in similar activities. A sign for the Frick Environmental Center is visible nearby.

Outdoor Classrooms
A close-up of a person's athletic shoes on a grass field, with dust or rubber particles dispersing as the foot strikes the ground near a white line.

Safer Grass Options for Athletic Fields
A group of people gathered at the entrance of the ECS new middle school building, participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. They are holding red ribbons and scissors.

Green Ribbon Schools
Three professionals seated at a table during a discussion. The man on the left is wearing glasses and a patterned tie, the man in the center has a beard and wears a light blue shirt. A woman on the right has long hair and is wearing a black jacket.

Workforce Development