Apr 26, 2024
Earth Day 2024: Celebrating sustainability in northeast Wisconsin
Posted by Sustainability
Seed bombs, trash pickup and construction site tours are just a few of the ways people across northeast Wisconsin acknowledged the 54th annual Earth Day.
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And over in Menasha, high school students got to tour the construction site of the brand new Maplewood Middle School. The building will be fully electric, with just a single gas powered backup generator if needed. The construction company, Miron Construction, says the goal is for this to be a zero net-energy school with benefits for the school district beyond reducing fossil fuel use.
“So far in the last ten years they’ve reduced about $200,000 worth of utility bills, which is a big deal for the taxpayers,” Theresa Lehman, Director of Sustainable Services for Miron Construction, said.
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