Green High

“Educating the future generation and ensuring they have a good future to live in”

The school of the FUTURE…

RULES

To keep the school green;1. Prosecutions for littering - £2 fine and 1 hr community service at the

school.2. Each student has a power card, limiting their use of electricity. This is

only when the electricity is used for personal leisure (e.g. computers in spare time)

3. No vandalism of any school property – especially green energy producing items (e.g. solar panels). £50 fine and parents meeting.

4. NO wasting electricity.5. Switch lights off if you are last to leave the room.

Look at the Main Building:Living roof

Entrance

Flower beds

Solar panels

Big windows for natural lighting.

Concrete on south wall

The upper floor will be entirely glass; windows with miniature solar panels among them. The building consists of 40 classrooms; two

floors of 20, a reception area and office, a waiting room, staff room, library and store rooms.

As we enter through automatic doors, there are swipe card scanners which pupils will swipe for attendance. These will also be

at the entrance of each class. Classes are 7m x 7m with a 3m corridor behind, looking out onto a closed garden with an open roof. The walls of the green space are completely glass; the design is to bring natural light into the building which is healthier for the eyes. In the centre of the private grounds is an underground tunnel 30m

long leading behind the main building to the specialist’s blocks.

Our School consists of…

Our green eco-friendly kitchens

and toiletsThis is a picture of our kitchen… We aim to use the least amount of water possible through sensor taps… The filtered water from the kitchen goes into the toilets and is used to flush them, thus reducing our Carbon Footprint… We also use 95% recycled worktops..Sensor tapsPlantsElectric cookersEco friendly materialElectric fridge-freezerKitchen gardenLED Lights

This will reduce our carbon footprint by at least 12.75lbs CO2 per year.

Drama Theatre• This is the bird’s eye view (from

above) of the Drama Theatre.• As you can see, there is a Cupboard

to store Props and Costumes.• The Stage for performing work.• The Solar Panels for heat, and

because our Drama Theatre is black, we don’t need light. We have them on the south side because the Sun is strongest there.

• The Fire Exit is in case of fire, hence the name, for a quick exit/escape.

• The Door obviously is for entering and exiting.

• And lastly, the Chairs are for sitting, and watching from.

Electrical expenditureAim: To design a school which consumed less non-renewable energy.

Method: a) Decreasing the total energy expenditure of the school.

b) Increasing the percentage of energy generated through renewable means.

Main concerns:1. Classrooms

2. IT rooms

3. DT rooms

Electrical expenditureItem KWatts per week

Computers 292,5

Printers 2700

White board

modem

Item Watts (kw)Per week

½ hand drill 360

Angle grinder 5

12’’ chainsaw 5.5

Sewing machines 15

Belt sander 5

¼ hand drill 22.5

Item KWatts per week

Computers 292.5

Printers 2700

CRT Monitiors 135

The Green P.E Block

The eco-friendly features of the building shall be:

•Rotating solar panels to make energy from the sun all through the light day...

•Under-floor heating to use less energy

•Motion sensors within the building to save energy

•Gym Partially powered by exercise bikes and other manual equipment.

•Shower water, used to flush the toilets.

•Grass pitch instead of astro turf

•Large windows to catch more natural light.

Garden design

We have put together a eco-friendly garden for the school. These are a few of our many ideas:

• A dining area for people with packed lunches to enjoy themselves and for them to relax

• A vegetable patch for different vegetables to grow and we can use the vegetable peels for compost

• And, a variety of different plants and trees to reduce the carbon footprint and they are nice to look at and create shade

ENERGY EFFICIENT ICT SUITE

Skylights, to provide natural lightingEco-quiet computers use 2/3rds less energyCarpet for insulationStraight blinds to block out lightRecycled timber woodMechanical windowsSolar panelsSouth wall made of concrete

How we are saving energy..

What is a living roof??? why we are using it…??

It will absorb water and is eco-friendly as the photosynthesis process will take Carbon Dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and replace it with Oxygen (O).

A living roof is a roof cover with growing grass and plants in order to provide sustainability. It will improve the energy performance of the building, air quality and urban ecology.

How we make a living roof• Firstly, you put a layer of polythene sheet, this will stop

leakage into the building.• then you put a layer of sheep’s wool, this will absorb water

and insulate the house.• after that you put a drainage layer. This has a series of dips

that the water will collect in.• Then put a filter sheet to hold the rocks in place.• Finally, put various rocks in to hold and retain an equal

amount of water.