Schools in D.C. area embrace green movement

Sept. 11, 2007
Several new facilities follow environmentally friendly strategies.

In the Washington, D.C., region and elsewhere, local governments are spending big money on a new generation of schools designed to be sensitive to the environment. At the "green" T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., students say the environmentally friendly design has led to a serious lifestyle change: They can't doze in class anymore because sunlight pours in from practically every angle.

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