cool school

After hearing about school closings in the GTA for many years throughout high school and university, The Toronto District School Board's actually going to build a new elementary school for residents.

The best part for me was the inclusion of, in my view, common sense approaches to its design, though they've billed it as the most "technologically advanced school in Canada." A little hyperbole, I think.

What it means is the school is designed to provide generous natural lighting and ventilation. They will have windows that open (What a revolutionary idea!), radiant floor heating, harvest solar energy, recycle rainwater and other features.

This is a great step towards more environmentally sound building practices. Truly, I believe that it's just common sense to rely on natural light and air as much as you can.

Kudos to the TDSB. Let's see if other school boards will follow their lead if and when they build their next schools.