CHPS

CHPS is a collaborative of school districts, architects, builders, building scientists, health professionals and consultants dedicated to fostering healthy learning environments... CHPS was founded in 1999 as a collaboration of California's major utilities to address energy efficiency in schools. The program was developed specifically to reduce energy consumption in California's K-12 educational facilities as a means of reducing operating costs. Soon after, CHPS quickly expanded to address all aspects of school design, construction, and operation... CHPS provides resources - in many cases, free resources - to schools, school districts, and professionals about all aspects of high performance school design, construction, and operation. CHPS develops tools that help make schools energy, water and material efficient, well-lit, thermally comfortable, acoustically sound, safe, healthy, and easy to operate. These resources include a well-respected six-volume best practices manual, training..

Also known as: Collaborative for High Performance Schools, Collaborative for High Performance Schools, Inc.

Primary location: Los Angeles United States