Rating Healthy Schools

There are several rating mechanisms which identify and rank healthy schools based on different criteria. Some of the most common rating systems are:

Get a comprehensive overview about healthy, high performance schools in this special edition of the Educational Facility Planner: Healthy High Performance Schools.

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. More at: www.usgbc.org

The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) helps school districts and their design teams bring better performance into the classroom. More at: www.chps.net