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What will the sustainable school of the future look like?

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Kevin: During the pandemic, many schools experienced heightened concern from parents and staff about indoor air quality, and with the rising cost of energy, districts everywhere are thinking about how to operate more efficiently. For schools today and tomorrow, sustainability is increasingly essential. In what ways do buildings contribute to children’s health, well-being, and development? What are some ways to make school buildings more sustainable on a budget? How can school districts address the unique needs of their communities? And by the way, what might the physical school of the future look like? This is What I Want to Know, and today I’m joined by Anisa Heming to find out.

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Meet Anisa

Anisa Heming is the director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, an organization dedicated to making buildings and communities more sustainable. She is an architect by training, focusing on—and a career dedicated to—environmental sustainability in school buildings.

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