Virginia school earns high performance status

Congratulations to McNair Upper Elementary School in Herndon, Va., for earning CHPS Designed status in June.

Webinar: What schools can do now to boost ventilation, IAQ

Join CHPS and partner Healthy Schools Network Thursday June 24 for a presentation, panel discussion, and open Q&A on the critical need for better school indoor air/ventilation for the coming school year.

Albany (CA) HS addition is CHPS Designed, all electric and zero energy ready

Albany (CA) High School has earned CHPS Designed status for its spectacular addition that is electrically powered and Net-Zero Energy ready.

Part of the Albany Unified School District. the 10,900 square foot, two-story classroom building adds eight large, modern classrooms to the school, including a double-high Design+Build Workshop.

Another California school is CHPS Verified

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is pround to announce another California school project has earned CHPS Verified status.

The Greenleaf TK-8 School in the Oakland Unified School District scored 115 points under our CA-CHPS Verified program.

CHPS joins coalition call to Congress for school funding bill in infrastructure package

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools has joined the [Re] Build America's School Infrastructure Coalition (BASIC) in calling for the House of Representatives to include the Rebuild and Reopen America's Schools Act in the infrastructure stimulus package. Read the full letter here

CA-CHPS v2.0 Available for Public Review

We are pleased to provide CA-CHPS v2.0 (updated in 2020) for public comment. CA-CHPS v2.0 follows our extensive revisions to the Core Criteria in 2019 and to US-CHPS in 2020. CA-CHPS v2.0 also incorporates Title 24 2019 and other California code updates.

CHPS awards California Prep Academy with Verified status

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) has recognized Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy (VHTPA) in Wilmington, Calif., as a high performance learning environment that has earned CHPS Verified status.

Mass. Elementary School Project Is CHPS Verified

Clyde Brown Elementary School in Millis, Mass., has earned CHPS Verified cerfitication for its new building.

The 90,000 square foot faciliity, designed by Tappe Architects, earned 135 points in meeting CHPS criteria.

California School scores big with CHPS Verified certification

Congratulations to Albany Middle School (Calif.) for earning CHPS Verified certification over the summer of 2020.

Located at 601 San Gabriel Avenue in Albany, Calif., the Annex, which opened in June 2019, was designed by SVA Architects and built by Rodan Builders, Inc. Verification by the CHPS program demonstrates that SVA’s design for Albany Middle School has satisfied one of the strictest standards for green school design, a benchmark only a small percentage of schools have met.

NYC School earns CHPS Verified recognition

Congratulations to the Friends Seminary in New York City for becoming a CHPS Verified School! The project, which included an upper story addition and minor renovations to existing spaces, achieved 97 points--exceeding the required threshold by 12 points. In addition to earning all the prerequisites, the school is designed to be 30% more energy efficient than required, demonstrates a commitment to ongoing high performance learning environments, showed excellence in managing waste generated during construction, and takes the quality of the indoor environment seriously.

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