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Green Schools: By the Numbers
- 20: Percentage of the American population that goes to school every day.
- 30: Percentage of water savings in green schools versus conventional ones.
- $20 billion: Amount of money that could be saved during the next decade if all new educational facility construction and renovations were built to be green schools.
- 30-50: Percentage energy savings of LEED-certified green schools as compared with conventionally built schools.
- 26: Percentage of improvement for students learning to read in spaces with lots of daylight compared to those without.
- 38: Percentage reduction in asthma in children studying in schools with improved indoor air quality.
Sources: USGBC Build Green Schools, The Heschong Mahone Daylighting Study (pdf), Greening America's Schools.
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