The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the Canada Coalition for Green Schools has announced that the Career and Technology Centre (CTC) at Lord Shaughnessy High School in Calgary, Alberta, is the winner of the annual CaGBC Greenest School in Canada competition.
The CaGBC Greenest School jury, comprised of green building industry experts from across the country, chose the CTC at Lord Shaughnessy for its ?amazing Energy and Environmental Innovation program,? that presented unique environmental strategies in both curriculum and physical building changes and updates. The CTC program works to actively involve students in all programs in the sustainability of the school. Their hope is that, ?by learning about, with and in the environment, students will learn how to become change makers in both their community and their future industries.? As the 2016 Greenest School in Canada winner, the CTC at Lord Shaughnessy will receive a $2,000 cash award to use for a green project and will be submitted as the official Canadian entry into the Greenest School on Earth competition, awarded annually by the Center for Green Schools. Winners of the international competition also receive an additional $1,000 to put toward a new or ongoing sustainability project.
?This award really is a tribute to the amazing work of passionate staff and students that make this school such a great environment in which to learn,? says Adam Robb, co-teacher of the Energy and Environmental Innovations Program...