Solar walls stage a Front Range comeback

The 2006 Bond measure approval by BVSD voters has provided the district with the opportunity to build and renovate in a more sustainable way.

District sends hundreds of old student desk and chairs to Arkansas-based recycling plant.

Many of the Boulder Valley schools that were renovated during the first phase of the district's $296.8 million bond project are now models of the newest eco-friendly technology and energy-efficient design.

Two buildings, Aurora 7 (BCSIS and High Peaks) and Arapahoe Ridge will get free 10kW photovoltaic (PV) systems installed as part of a pilot grant program called "ReNew Our Schools" begun this year by the Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC).

BVSD gets more students to bike or walk for Earth Day.

Geothermal system installed under football field.

System will cut school's utility bill in half.

Eighth-graders in Brian Slobe's Earth sciences classes at Monarch K-8 School in Louisville found that some $4,000 in electricity can be saved in one year.

BVSD working on sustainability project.

A new report by Boulder Valley School District details green building techniques.

Boulder Valley Board of Education approved a resolution that makes BVSD the third of four major organizations in the Boulder area teaming up to advance the cause of environmental sustainability.

BVSD and Center for ReSource Conservation announce winners of the first ReNew Our Schools photovoltaic grant program.

Sunflower Corporation installed the first Sundolier active daylighting system at BVSD.

EMC Engineers hosted an information meeting to discuss the geothermal system that is being installed at Casey Middle School. The system engineer gave a tour of the infrastructure that has been constructed to date and presented information about the system design and the cost analysis.

Two different features of the Bond project at Manhattan Middle School for the Arts and Academics are working to help reduce the school’s carbon footprint.

BVSD partners with Center for ReSource Conservation to lauch ReNew Our Schools photovoltaic grant program.

House bill offers low-interest loans for alternative-energy initiatives.