{"id":16947,"date":"2011-12-13T02:38:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T07:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=16947"},"modified":"2011-12-13T04:01:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T09:01:02","slug":"school-for-the-deaf-in-south-austin-wins-130000-prize-to-go-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/school-for-the-deaf-in-south-austin-wins-130000-prize-to-go-green\/","title":{"rendered":"School for the Deaf in South Austin wins $130,000 prize to go green"},"content":{"rendered":"

School for the Deaf in South Austin wins $130,000 prize to go green<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Patrick Beach
\nAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
\nDecember 11, 2011<\/p>\n

Consider the faucet. You turn it on, wash your hands, turn it off, dry your
\nhands.<\/p>\n

But if you’re deaf and you turn to dry your hands without shutting off the
\nwater, it’s possible that you’ll miss the aural cue and leave the room with
\nthe water blasting down the drain.<\/p>\n

“It’s probably something we as hearing people don’t even consider,” said
\nClaire Bugen , superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf in South
\nAustin.<\/p>\n

Consider the problem solved. Hands-free automatic faucets are coming to the
\nschool, part of a $130,000 grand prize the school won in Global Green USA’s
\nGreen School Makeover Competition , presented by the organization that
\npromotes sustainability and green jobs along with Pureology, which uses
\nnatural materials in its hair-care products.<\/p>\n

The award was announced last week . Texas School for the Deaf beat about 220
\nother schools for the top prize in a process that included written
\napplications, essays and on-site visits from contest representatives.<\/p>\n

Half of the money will go for renovations and materials, the other half for
\ntechnical assistance. Improvements \u2014 set to begin next month and continue
\nthrough June 2012\u2014 will include retrofitting light fixtures for
\nenergy-efficient bulbs, installing rain barrels and motion-sensitive lights,
\nswitching to reusable water bottles and hands-free hand dryers, expanding
\nrecycling and recycling education, and more.<\/p>\n

The school got in the running for the contest at the urging of nearby
\nbusinessman Francisco Villa, owner of Francisco’s Salon, 1400 S. Congress
\nAve.<\/p>\n

“I’m tickled to death,” Villa said. “I nominated them; they picked up the
\nball and did the essays. When I got the email that they were a finalist, I
\nsaid, ‘You’re going to win!’ ”<\/p>\n

When Villa opened his salon early last year, he did about 50 makeovers for
\nstudents and staff at the school, which is a block away from his shop. A
\ncousin of Villa’s attended the school in the 1970s, he said. So when he
\nheard about the contest, “I automatically thought of the school,” Villa
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

Bugen hopes this prize will seed other grants and possibly make the school a
\nenvironmentally conscious model campus, she said.<\/p>\n

“We have not been as diligent about recycling as we should be on a campus
\nthis size, especially on a campus where kids live 24 hours” a day, Bugen
\nsaid. “We’re committed to single stream, but this will help us bump it to
\nthe next level by adding more bins and involving the students through their
\nscience classes and being part of that expansion and their role in
\nsupporting the environment.<\/p>\n

“We’re also excited about rain barrels. The only thing the grant can’t do is
\nguarantee the rain,” she said. “This is a 67-acre campus that requires a lot
\nof watering to keep everything looking nice and the football field
\nplayable.”<\/p>\n

And maybe when students head into the world, they’ll take the environmental
\nlessons they have learned with them.<\/p>\n

“There’s somebody in charge of the Earth,” Villa said, “but we can do our
\npart while we’re here, right?”<\/p>\n

pbeach@statesman.com; 445-3603<\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/education\/school-for-the-deaf-in-south-austin-wins-2026291.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School for the Deaf in South Austin wins $130,000 prize to go green By Patrick Beach AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF December 11, 2011 Consider the faucet. You turn it on, wash your hands, turn it off, dry your hands. But if you’re…<\/p>\n

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