IAQ Partners - Go Green Initiative

GGI Partners in Improving IAQ in Schools

The American Lung Association’s Clean Air School Challenge is an engagement, recognition, training and technical assistance program that empowers K-12 schools across the country to address indoor air quality. The program guides schools through the process of developing Energy Efficient IAQ Management Plans, while building capacity for schools to manage and sustain those plans.

Program Components:

Mini-grants
Education and Training
Technical Assistance
Recognition
Peer mentorship
Learning Collaborative Cohorts
Access to Lung Association programs and services

For More Information: Lung.com/CASC

Center for Green Schools @ USGBC

Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council - Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Program

The Center for Green Schools offers free local education and peer-to-peer connections to K-12 school districts nationwide on managing IAQ while also prioritizing energy efficiency. Offerings include local in-person workshops, virtual trainings, fellowships, funding opportunities, peer-to-peer connections, and resources like their K-12 School Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management Toolkit. Programming is designed for district-level staff in facilities, operations, environmental health, finance, sustainability, IAQ, and energy management.

Learn more here. District staff interested in connecting with the Center for Green Schools can fill out a short interest form here.

Partner Resources

Webinar: Educational Facility Master Planning: A Roadmap for Success

Thursday, November 13, 11am-12pm PT / 2pm-3pm ET Hosted by the National Center on School Infrastructure (NCSI) Looking to create a roadmap for improving your local public school facilities? Join this webinar to learn about a cornerstone element: the educational facility master plan. A master plan articulates a community’s vision and priorities for its school facilities…

School District Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management Plan Toolkit

This toolkit is intended to provide useful resources for school systems in developing and implementing a written Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management plan. By guiding users through each component of an Energy Efficient IAQ management plan, this toolkit offers example plan language derived from real school district plans and EPA Tools for Schools…

Clean Air School Challenge

The Clean Air School Challenge (CASC) can support schools in creating healthier learning environments. CASC is an engagement, recognition, training and technical assistance program that will empower K-12 schools across the country to address IAQ. CASC will: iframe video Meet the team and get a brief introduction to the school indoor air quality program, Clean…