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72-page study conducted by The Cadmus Group that looks at the performance of 30 green and standard schools constructed in Massachusetts in the early 2000s and contains important information for school officials, building operators, designers and engineers, energy modelers, and policy makers.	Green Schools Post Occupancy Study Appendices: A: 9-page addendum to the Post-Occupancy Study detailing findings of an EMS audit at a middle school. B: 7-page addendum to the Post-Occupancy Study detailing findings of an EMS audit at a high school. C: 20-page addendum to the Post-Occupancy Study detailing findings of a nighttime audit at an elementary school. D: 21-page addendum to the Post-Occupancy Study detailing findings of a nighttime audit at a high school. E: 7-page addendum to Post-Occupancy Study detailing findings of 2 boiler audits.
	Collaborative for High Performance Schools—Massachusetts High Performance Schools Guidelines: Planning This 106-page manual is meant to help school officials and their designers build a new generation of high performance school facilities in Massachusetts, with a focus on public, K-12 schools and information on funding. Also see more information on MA-CHPS standards.
	Massachusetts High Performance Green Schools Guidelines: Criteria 138-page guide on design and construction of schools known as “high performance green schools”
	Massachusetts High-Performance Green School Buildings 8-page brochure highlighting the economic and environmental benefits of green schools
	The Incremental Costs and Benefits of Green Schools in Massachusetts 59-page study by HMFH Architects, Inc., and the Vermont Energy Investment Corp., that looks specifically at the incremental costs and hard benefits of eight Green Schools Initiative pilot projects in Massachusetts
	Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning This 164-page study by the National Research Council of the National Academies assesses the results of current studies on the health and productivity benefits of green schools, and recommends focus areas for future green school guidelines, studies, and research.
	Capuano Early Childhood Center: Highlighting High Performance 4-page brochure on the green Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Center in Somerville
	Whitman-Hanson Regional High School: Highlighting High Performance 4-page brochure highlighting the high school's green features
	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School: Highlighting High Performance 4-page brochure highlighting the high school's green features
	Woburn High School 2-page brochure on this green school
	Great Falls MS/Turners Falls High School 2-page brochure on this green school
	William F. Stanley Elementary School 2-page brochure on this green school
	Dedham Middle School 2-page brochure on this green school
	National Review of Green Schools: Costs, Benefits, and Implications for Massachusetts 72-page study by Greg Kats of Capital E that assesses the incremental costs as well as the hard and soft benefits of green schools, not only to individual school districts, but to the Commonwealth as a whole