Ohio district aims for green renovation and construction
Dec 12, 2007 3:26 PM
If the Liberty Union-Thurston (Ohio)
school district's construction plans come to fruition, it will have a
new middle school and a renovated high school that achieve LEED
certification for environmental design. The Ohio School Facilities
Commission awarded
the district more than $17 million to help pay for construction of a
new
65,000-square-foot middle school and renovations to the existing
83,000-square-foot high school. Earlier this year, Ohio legislators
allocated
$4.1 billion to the Facilities Commission for school projects on the
condition that all future projects be designed using the U.S. Green
Building Council's LEED rating system. To secure the district's share
of the project funding, voters must approve a $6 million bond request
in March.
To read The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette article, click here.
