New schools should be energy neutral, public school board says

Newly constructed Alberta schools should be “net zero,” Edmonton public school trustees believe — equipped to both conserve energy and generate it from renewable resources.
On Tuesday, public school trustees approved a motion 7-to-1 to ask Alberta’s education minister to make future school construction projects energy-neutral by equipping them to generate at least as much energy as they consume.
Trustee Michael Janz, who proposed the idea, said the province should embrace