USGBC-Illinois & Governor Patrick Quinn’s

Illinois Healthy and High Performing Schools Symposium

April 18, 2014

• Agenda– Welcome and Introductions– Orientation• Schedule• Location

– Stevenson High School– Brief Introduction/Highlights– Thanks to entire USGBC Team, IHHPS Team• Your hosts from Stevenson High School

• Welcome to Special Guests

– Governor Patrick Quinn

– State Senator Julie Morrison

– State Representative Elaine Nekritz

– State Representative Carol Sente

– Lake County Board President Aaron Lawlor

– Lake County Forest Preserve President Ann Maine

– County Board Member Dave Stolman

– School Board Member Terry Moons

– School Board Member Merv Roberts

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Our Mission: Success for Every

Student

Stevenson High School• Enrollment: 3,894

– College Bound Students – 88% / 98%

• Lowest cost per pupil

• Advanced Placement Program– 1,641 / 4,277 / 91%

• Average ACT Score: 26.5

• Recent National Recognition– Kennedy Center Award for Theater Arts– Jefferson Award for Community Service– LEED EB Gold Certification

History of Green Committee – 2007-08

• Carbon Footprint– 2008-09

• Carbon Management Plan• Green Goals

– 2009-10• Began process for LEED-EB Certification

– 2010-11 • LEED-EB Gold Certification

– 2012 – 2014• Prepare for Re-certification

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2014 Sustainability • Preparing for Recertification

• Recycling over 50% of all Waste• Composting of Organics• Photovoltaic Panels on the roof• Solar thermal water heaters• LED Lights for many venues• Dimming of light during class periods• Tracking of all energy costs• Energy Star Rating – 91

Stevenson High SchoolGreen Mission Statement

Promote life-long learning for students, staff and community members to enable effective decision-making in the use and preservation of natural resources.

"We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable supplies of air and soil, preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and I will say the love, we give our fragile craft." Adlai E. Stevenson

Speech to the UN Economic and Social Council, Geneva, Switzerland (9 July 1965)

Program Sponsors

Workshop Sponsors

• Three Groups that worked so hard to put this program together:

– Governor Pat Quinn’s – Green Illinois.gov Team

– USGBC – United States Green Building Council

– Merging of Concepts into the three pillars that support the Green Ribbon Schools Program

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Illinois Healthy and High Performing School Symposium

Committee Chairs

Stuart BrodskySeth Diblee

Mike EichhornCatie KrasnerPatricia Lloyd

Kathy St. JosephLouise Valentin

Stuart Brodsky, Cannon DesignEric Heineman, Office of Governor Pat QuinnMike Eichhorn, FGM ArchitectsSeth Dibblee, Environmental Protection AgencyPatricia Lloyd, Leopardo Companies, Inc.Louise Valentin, PortionPac Corp.Anthony Cefali, Office of Governor Pat QuinnLyndl Schuster, River Trails School DistrictBecky Brodsky, Collective Resource, Inc.Emily Catacchino, Wright & Co.Catherine Krasner, MW Energy AllianceKathy St. Joseph, ParksiteLance Tritsch, Pepper Construction

Meta Dunn, The FruitGuys, Inc.Elizabeth Marusin, Asparagus InteriorsCortney Adams, USGBC-IllinoisBrian Imus, USGBC-IllinoisKatie Kaluzny, USGBC-IllinoisMike Moon, Freemont School DistrictMargeaux Goff, Leopardo Companies, Inc.Dhruti Patel, Leopardo Companies, Inc.Charlie Silverstein, S M SilversteinEd Choklek, FGM ArthitectsGary Stanley, DLA ArchitectsMark Michelini, Stevenson High SchoolDoc Kotecki, Honeywell

Symposium Steering Committee

• Susan Buchanan, MD MPH, is on the board of Chicago PSR. She graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed a Family Medicine residency at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. After nine years of practice she sought additional training and board certification in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She is director the UIC residency program in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health.

• Brian Dunbar is Executive Director of the Institute for the Built Environment (IBE) and Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University. Professor Dunbar holds two degrees in architecture from the University of Michigan and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Professor Dunbar has taught Interior Design, Construction Management, and Sustainability courses at Colorado State and created the graduate emphasis in sustainable building, professional certification courses in green building, and sustainable design and construction courses offered in Costa Rica and on the island of St. John, USVI.

• We have a full day ahead!– At last count 47 Exhibitors– Three Sets of Workshops– 19 Breakout Sessions– Student lead tour of our building

• USGBC-credits need to be submitted online at the USGBC Website.

• Teachers needed CPDU’s – please fill out an application form at the registration Desk.

• Everyone worked very hard to make this a sustainable event!– Pat your yourself on the back if you carpooled, biked, or

took public transportation!

• Also, please recycle and put compostables in their proper bins.

• If you get a chance, please thank our Sodexo crew for providing all the refreshments for the day!