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The new Sidwell Friends Middle School building in Northwest has been recognized as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly schools by a national nonprofit group that promotes the construction of "green" buildings.
The U.S. Green Building Council awarded the contractor on the project, Hitt Contracting Inc., the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum Certificate for the Sidwell project. Completed in September 2006, the 75,000-square-foot project helped Sidwell Friends get back to its overall mission of responsible environmental stewardship, school officials said.
The new school includes four major components: water management, energy efficiency, salvaged and rapidly renewable building materials, and fresh indoor air.
Designed by leading experts in the industry, the LEED rating system is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Sidwell Friends is the first LEED Platinum Certified K-12 school in the world.
Founded in 1937, Hitt Contracting is one of the 100 largest general contractors nationwide. For more information, visit http:/
Girls and Careers
The city's first-ever Young Women's Conference on Non-Traditional Careers will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the City Club of Washington, 1300 I St. NW.
Sponsored by the D.C. public schools' Office of Career and Technical Education and the Alcanzando Metas (Reaching Goals) Foundation, the conference will bring together students in grades 9 through 12 to discuss empowerment and self-esteem. Those who attend will be taught tools to achieve career goals, and they will have a chance to meet with successful women from government and the private sector.
More than 150 people are expected to attend, including Adriana Ocampo, program executive for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, and representatives of the construction and building trades, law enforcement, automotive technology, and science- and math-based fields.
For further information about the conference, contact Julia Martas at 202-442-5064 or julia.martas@k12.dc.us.
-- Compiled by THEOLA LABBÉ and JILLIAN S. JARRETT
