LAUSD Green Videos

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Flash Movie Presentation About Our Green School Projects

Click on one of the links below to see a full-size presentation about our green schools and the standards by which they are designed.

LAUSD Receives Prestigious Millennium Award for its Pioneering Green Schools Program

LAUSD was honored with the prestigious California Environmental Leadership Award by Global Green USA for its ongoing leadership in providing students with healthy and sustainable learning environments. LAUSD received the honor at the 12th annual Millennium Awards ceremony held June 14 in Santa Monica.

Tuesday, June 24th, the Board of Education approved the first Power Purchase Agreement for Renewable Energy in LAUSD's history.

This kicks off the first of several renewable energy projects in planning for LAUSD, taking the first step toward achieving the goal of 50 Megawatts of Renewable Energy installed by 2012.

LAUSD Transportation Services recently acquired 160 new buses using compressed natural gas fuels.

60 of the vehicles were awarded as a grant from the Southern California Air Quality Management District, the second allotment received this year.

High Performance Schools:
The New Jewels of Los Angeles

The second largest school district in the United States, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been called a behemoth, top heavy and inefficient, controversial and downright impossible to manage. None of this has prevented the District from launching a green schools initiative of unprecedented scale.

Under Construction

Take a look at two of the high performance schools included in LAUSD's $20 Billion school construction and renovation program.