State Facility Directors Blog: The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Gears Up to Go National
CHPS Gears Up to Go National
By Patricia Jatczak, High Performance School Building Program Manager
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, Washington
CHPS – the Collaborative for High Performance Schools – is a non-profit, membership organization, originally set up to advance high-performance schools in California. As the first organization to offer a road map for green schools, many states looked to CHPS for assistance in setting up their programs. Because of this, and the added benefits collaboration can bring, CHPS is now transitioning to a national organization which will support state agencies and local districts to build and maintain high-performance schools.
While most people know of the CHPS rating system, it is much more than that. States that have discovered the benefits of climate-specific, district-based high performance building criteria in the CHPS model also found support, resources, training materials, technical assistance, an optional verification program, and Best Management Practices materials from CHPS. Going national will help to leverage the resources for high performance schools more effectively. Approximately 200 schools in ten states have built high-performance schools with a version of the CHPS criteria.
Benefits of National CHPS:
A National Core School Program with Regional Flexibility.
Collaboration and partnerships with other organizations dedicated to improving schools.
A cost effective way for K-12 to go green.
Access to the resources and programs being developed by CHPS including: A CHPS for Existing Schools program for performance & operations; A tool for measuring and aggregating the performance of CHPS schools; A green building materials database.
A study of high performance school best practices’ impact on student learning and health.
Optional use of an affordable Verification Program for third-party accountability.
Coordination of cost effective training opportunities for design professional, contractors, and school districts.
A national conference on high-performance schools .
Ability to provide outreach to other states, cities, or school districts on green school design.
Focus on the performance of all school buildings, not just new
An Interim Board has been operating to guide the transition, and the new National Board will be in place by September 2008.
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