The
Kenton County
School District received a $2 million boost from the American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act that will help take a new school's
energy needs off the grid. The money will go towards the the purchase
and installation of solar panels that will help offset the school's
energy needs.
The new $30 million school is slated to open this
August in time for the 2010-2011 school year, and is located near the
existing Turkey Foot Middle School in Edgewood. Once complete, the new
Turkey Foot Middle School will house more than 600 students and become a
part of the district's campus that includes Caywood Elementary School
and the J.D. Patton Area Technology Center.
In addition to the
solar panels, the new school will also boast a variety of other green
features that will help reduce its energy demand and overall carbon
footprint. These features include a vegetative roof, gray water
collection systems, special lighting systems and geothermal heating and
cooling systems.
School district officials hope the green
building measures pay off by eventually making it one of the first
"Net
Zero Energy" schools in all of Kentucky.
Writer:
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