The Carroll County High School Building Trades program has been incorporating a green-oriented awareness into the classroom in the following ways:

• Participate in a school-wide recycling effort through utilizing collection bins in the classroom
• Constructed two photo voltaic panels from individual cells
• Constructed a passive solar panel - liquid circulation or forced air
• Constructed a solar oven (for food)
• Work with metal construction framing and discuss the environmental impacts and advantages  -  focusing on waste disposal, carbon footprint considerations, and the ability to recycle products at the structure's end-life
• Convey an understanding that green means more than free energy  - it is the complete environmental impact
• Application was made for a grant to fund the research of a new product (see attached)

Green Competencies:

• Understand LEED, the components and certification levels
• Define and understand the term carbon footprint
• Identify the environmental impact of chemicals and products used in the construction industry
• Understand the green advantages of using metal framing and construction materials
• Understand the impact of the sun's changing azimuth and elevation
• Understand the effect of structure overhang lengths related to interior climate
• Understand the term and usage of photo voltaic cells and solar panels
• Understand the term passive energy
• Understand the environmental impact of buying and using local products (not the local economic impact)
• Identify simple life-style changes and job-site attitudes/practices that can have a positive impact on the environment
• Understand the environmental impact of parking lots, drainage, and run-off
• Investigate unique green building methods and materials (i.e. houses made of hay bales, plastic bottles, Styrofoam, or built underground)

The Carroll County High School Building Trades program has been incorporating a green-oriented awareness into the classroom in the following ways:

• Participate in a school-wide recycling effort through utilizing collection bins in the classroom
• Constructed two photo voltaic panels from individual cells
• Constructed a passive solar panel - liquid circulation or forced air
• Constructed a solar oven (for food)
• Work with metal construction framing and discuss the environmental impacts and advantages  -  focusing on waste disposal, carbon footprint considerations, and the ability to recycle products at the structure's end-life
• Convey an understanding that green means more than free energy  - it is the complete environmental impact