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art materials, playground equipment, cafeteria utensils and trays, athletic <br />supplies and equipment (wrestling mats, basketball goals, scoreboards), athletic <br />and band uniforms, custodial cleaning equipment, lawn maintenance equipment, <br />recycling and trash containers, postage machines, specialized equipment such <br />as pianos, and signage. <br />2) Other Considerations <br />-.-- Deleted. ¶ _~ <br />a) High Performance Buildings <br />During the planning process, school districts should give special attention to <br />incorporating fiscally sound energy efficiencies and sustainable green building <br />standards that use renewable/recyclable materials, improve the environment and <br />air quality, and reduce energy usage. Ways to achieve this include: <br />^ Choosing efficient lighting systems and energy management controls <br />^ Incorporating solar orientation, earth integration, and xeriscaping <br />(landscaping with slow-growing, drought tolerant plants to conserve water <br />and reduce trimmings) <br />^ Selecting energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems <br />^ Adopting energy alternatives and other conservation measures such as <br />day lighting, water reclamation and reuse systems, water free urinals, <br />photovoltaics, and xeriscaping <br />School systems should analyze life cycle costs of high performance systems to <br />determine their efficiency and sustainability. <br />b) Materials <br />Construction contractors and School district staff should select construction <br />materials based on low maintenance and high durability. The presumed life <br />cycle of new schools is fifty or more years. <br />c) Generator Ready Schools <br />-____-- Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />Constructian plans for all future schools should include the facility being. <br />"generator readLr" so that they can serve as emergency shelters as needed. <br />dLOther Considerations <br />..------- Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />Other site considerations might include: <br />i) Types of landscaping and buffers at all school sites <br />ii) Installing synthetic playing fields or equipping athletic fields with irrigation <br />systems <br />17 <br />