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GREEN APPLE AWARDS 2007

       
   

The 2007 Greentools featured the Green Apple awards luncheon, which recognized excellence and leadership in high performance schools. Winning project entries were presented as case studies.

2007 Green Apple Award Winners

CHPS Team - Award for excellence in team work to build and operate high performance schools.

  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • San Diego Unified School District
   

CHPS Project - Award for excellence in high performance school design and construction.

  • EHDD Architecture for Chartwell School
  • NTD Stichler Architecture for Heroes Elementary School
  • Gelfand Partners Architects for Loyola Elementary School

Honorable mention CHPS Projects-

  • LPA, Inc. for Cesar Chavez Elementary School
  • NTD Stichler for Monterey Ridge Elementary School
  • VBN Architects for Cesar E. Chavez Education and Early Childhood Education Center
  • WLC Architects, Inc. for Maywood Academy High School.

CHPS Champion - Award for excellence in progressing, promoting and/or implementing high performance school issues.

  • Healthy Schools Network
  • Project FROG
  • Savings by Design

To read more about the 2007 Award Winners, click here.
           
    Left: Green Apple Award Winners; Right: The Chartwell Team celebrates their Green Apple Award.
    CHPS' Green Apple Awards were made possible by Rivanna Natural Designs. Rivanna creates and distributes awards, plaques and corporate gifts made from organic or recycled materials and certified, sustainable harvested woods.
   
    Speaker Biographies
    Charles Eley, CHPS Executive Director    
    CHPS Executive Director Charles Eley addressed attendees on the latest program offerings and issues in high performance school design and operation. Mr. Eley has served as Executive Director of CHPS since it was established and serves as the primary technical editor of the CHPS Best Practices Manual. He is both an architect and mechanical engineer with over 25 years of experience in energy efficiency and sustainable design.
    Matt Peterson, Global Green USA President
   

Matt Petersen, Global Green USA President, CEO and board member, joined Global Green USA in 1994. He serves on the Council of Green Cross International, and is Chair of the GCI Energy and Resource Efficiency program. Petersen drives and guides Global Green USA’s new programs, including work on water and energy, green power, climate change, and nuclear weapons.

In the aftermath of the Gulf Coast hurricanes, Petersen put forth a vision and mobilized resources to create the Global Green "Healthy Homes and Smart Neighborhoods" initiative which resulted in: the New Orleans Sustainable Design Competition with Jury Chair Brad Pitt; the NOLA Green Schools Initiative funded by the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund; and work with Habitat for Humanity throughout the Gulf Coast to create more energy efficient housing.
   

Petersen and the Global Green team has led the fight to establish incentives for high performance schools in California and for strong green building standards governing the reconstruction of school facilities in Louisiana. He forged the partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District that resulted in more than 30 CHPS designed schools and has spearheaded work with the Bush Clinton Katrina Foundation to build two new green showcase schools and five extensive energy efficiency retrofits of damaged educational facilities in New Orleans.

Petersen is an advisor to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a Member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves on the Environmental Media Association (EMA) Advisory Board, as well as the Automotive X Prize Advisory Board. Previously, Petersen served as Executive Director of Americans for a Safe Future, a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a political campaign manager for candidates at the local, state, and federal level. Petersen is also active in his community as a member of the Santa Monica Task Force on the Environment. He and his wife Leila Conners Petersen live with their son Aidan in Santa Monica, California.
     
    State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell
   

Jack O’Connell was elected to a second four-year term as State Superintendent of Public Instruction on June 6, 2006.  As chief of California’s public school system and leader of the California Department of Education, Superintendent O'Connell has focused on closing the achievement gap and preparing students for a rapidly changing global economy by holding high standards for all students. He is a strong supporter and facilitator of partnerships between schools, businesses, communities, and philanthropies in order to engage students with challenging, real-world education experiences.

He has worked to smooth the transitions between all segments of education, from preschool to college or the workplace. As a former high school teacher and author of the legislation creating the California High School Exit Exam, he has led a comprehensive effort to increase rigor and improve student achievement in California high schools.

    Superintendent O’Connell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from California State University (CSU), Fullerton and earned his secondary teaching credential from CSU, Long Beach in 1975. He returned to his high school alma mater to teach for several years and later served on the Santa Barbara County School Board. He was elected to the 35th State Assembly District in 1982 and was reelected by wide margins thereafter, once garnering both the Republican and the Democratic nominations. In 1994, O’Connell was elected to the 18th State Senate District on California’s Central Coast and easily won reelection in 1998.

Throughout his career, Superintendent O’Connell has worked to improve public education in California. As the author of numerous landmark education bills in both the California Assembly and the State Senate, he made quality education his number one priority. This commitment to the children of California earned Superintendent O’Connell the praise and the respect of colleagues and educators statewide. Read Superintendent O'Connell's complete bio here.
     
    Rob Cook, Executive Officer, Office of Public School Construction
    Rob Cook is the executive officer for the Office of Public School Construction. Prior to his appointment in June of 2007, he served as deputy director of interagency support for the Department of General Services. Cook previously was business development manager for the Motorola Corporation from 2000 to 2004 and deputy director for the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities from 1997 to 2000. Prior to that, he was chief of staff to Assemblymember Ted Weggeland of Riverside from 1993 to 1997. From 1991 to 1993, Cook served as a consultant to the California State Assembly. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Cook is a former member of the Capitol Area Transportation Coalition and the California Council for Quality and Service.
     
    State Architect David Thorman, AIA  
   

David Thorman is an architect with over forty years of experience in the design and construction industry, with the majority of his work being in K-12 and community college program/construction management. He was a senior vice president and group leader for 3D/International, Inc., managing their northwest region program/construction management offices. Prior to 3D/International, David managed the northwest region as a regional vice president for Kitchell CEM, Inc. His career began at CRSS, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and construction management company, where he held many leadership positions in architecture, planning, interiors, and program/construction management during his twenty-two year tenure. David is a registered architect in California and a member of the American Institute of Architects. He is a retired United States Navy Reserve Lieutenant Comnander. He lives in Sacramento. David was first appointed as California’s State Architect in April 2005 and was confirmed in February 2006. In March 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger reappointed David to continue serving as State Architect.
       
    Bill Savidge , AIA WCCUSD
   

Bill Savidge is the Engineering Officer for the West Contra Costa Unified School District. He directs all aspects of the District’s $1 billion renovation and reconstruction program. Bill is a licensed California Architect, and a former Construction Manager. He has been focused on managing school district facilities programs for over a decade. During that time he has helped many school boards, oversight groups, and communities to understand the complexities of the school construction process in California. Prior to his coming to West Contra Costa, Bill directed the renovation of the five high schools at the Fremont Union High School District in Sunnyvale and Cupertino. During that program he was instrumental in developing partnerships with cities for joint-use facilities. Bill is very involved in statewide issues related to school construction. He is an active member of the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) and is currently serving as the organization’s Vice-Chair. Bill has been dedicated to increasing awareness in the legislature for higher levels of funding for school modernization programs. He has been a strong supporter at the state level for funding and recognition for energy-efficiency programs and high performance schools. As the West Contra Costa Unified School District begins work on its next round of schools, Bill is guiding the district and its design teams through the CHPS process. The community is becoming engaged in the high performance design process with increased awareness of the benefits of developing and reconstructing schools using the CHPS criteria.

   
    EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS
    The goal for the 2007 workshop series was to provide attendees with "hands on" tools that could be brought back to firms, districts and localities to build a new generation of green schools. Workshops included high performance case studies, financing and incentive programs including Prop 1D, and children’s health issues.
    WORKSHOPS
         
    101. CHPS - A District Tool for Greening Your School Presenters AIA-CES Credits
    This presentation will introduce you to the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) a non-profit organization that works to design, build and operate a new generation of schools that are efficient, green, healthy learning environments for children. Learn about the tools and resources CHPS has to offer to help districts, how they are being implemented in districts across the state, and lessons learned along the way.

Kristin Heinen, CHPS
John Zinner, Zinner Consultants
Ying Wang, LAUSD

Sponsored by: Virco

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    102. Integrated Design: Building Teams, Building Communities 1 learning unit
    Designing and building high performance schools requires strong commitments from an integrated project team. Guaranteeing that, after completion, these schools continue to deliver the educational and community benefits they promise requires integrating the school building into the larger community. This workshop will look at these two components — how to manage the integrated design process and how to ensure community engagement over the long term — and then brainstorm about how to link the two. Come ready to share your experiences and ideas.

Ted Bardecke, Global Green USA
Lisa Gelfand, Gelfand Partners

Sponsored by: USG

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    103. Commissioning: Reaching Your School Building’s High Performance Potential 1 learning unit
    This workshop will cover how to use commissioning as a tool to ensure that your new and existing school buildings operate and perform as intended. Attendees will learn how to incorporate commissioning into their budget, what should be commissioned and strategies for communication between key players at the district and on the design team to be successful. In addition, you will learn the basics of EDR's Cx Database Assistant Tool referenced in the CHPS Criteria and hear from a school districts perspective how they were able to integrate commissioning and lessons learned along the way.

Kent Barber, Keithly Barber Associates
Ken Gillespie, PG&E & Energy Design Resources
Rob Koster, Tahoe Truckee USD

Sponsored by: Southern California Gas Company

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    201. Seeing the Light: Daylighting Studies, Strategies and Software 1.5 learning units
    Join lighting experts to learn about the latest research on daylighting and student productivity and strategies to improve daylighting in your classrooms. Gain a better understanding of the new daylighting metrics in the CHPS Criteria and how to use the software tool SPOT to assess compliance.

Lisa Heschong , HMG
Zach Rogers, AEC

Sponsored by: Parsons

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    202. Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Schools 1.5 learning units
    Wondering how to reduce your schools green house gas emissions and get those 13 CHPS points for exceeding Title 24?  Looking to save some district money through reducing energy bills? Here from energy consulting experts on ways to maximize your school projects energy saving potential and how to take advantage of alternative energy sources. Learn how the Monterey Ridge Elementary School team did it and how you can do it too.

Chip Fox, SDG&E
Mike Gabel, Gabel & Associates
Bruce Thomas & Richard Nowicki, NTDStichler
Doug Mann, Poway USD

Sponsored by: Savings by Design
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    203. The ABC’s of IAQ: Improving Student Health and Indoor Air Quality 1.5 learning units
    Join an array of experts to learn some simple, cost-effective changes to improve IAQ that will help to reduce absenteeism, improve student achievement, and decrease exposure of students and staff to various toxic chemicals. This workshop will cover the scientific evidence of children’s health problems associated with poor indoor air and environmental quality (IAQ); the costs and benefits of various measures to improve indoor air quality; tools to aid in selecting HVAC systems, building materials and cleaners that take into consideration environmental and human health considerations.

Deborah Moore , Green Schools Initiative
Alicia Culver, Green Purchasing Institute
Julie Silas, Healthy Building Network
Toni Stein, CA Department of Public Health
Dr. Gina Solomon, NRDC & UC San Francisco Medical School

Sponsored by: Tandus
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