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The United States has made fighting the climate crisis a top priority. UndauntedK12 is working to ensure national, state, and local climate and education leaders place America’s K-12 schools at the center of efforts to equitably decarbonize our infrastructure and create the clean energy workforce of the future.

HVAC Choices for Student Health and Learning
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HVAC Choices for Student Health and Learning

“HVAC Choices for Student Health and Learning,” shares big ideas relating to school HVAC technology, offers a framework for evaluating costs and obtaining funding, and provides an overview of the benefits that come with all-electric HVAC systems.

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2022 - A Year In Review
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2022 - A Year In Review

We are so grateful for our partners working for equitable, healthy, sustainable, and climate-resilient school buildings and grounds. Learn about UndauntedK12’s work in 2022 here.

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Undaunted K12’s Statement on the Inflation Reduction Act
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Undaunted K12’s Statement on the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act is an important and badly needed step towards protecting future generations from the worst impacts of the climate crisis. UndauntedK12 is deeply thankful for the climate activists and climate justice advocates who have persevered for decades to reach this milestone, and we know our work is not done. Schools have a tremendous role to play in combating climate change and in educating tomorrow’s climate leaders. We will continue to advocate for climate action in the places where all young people live, learn, and play.

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Opinion: Schools are missing from the state’s climate plan
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Opinion: Schools are missing from the state’s climate plan

One out of every 6 Americans visits a school daily but they are conspicuously absent from Massachusetts’ recent landmark climate bill. While the legislature acknowledges that school buildings play an important role in addressing the climate crisis, this bill falls short of making an action plan.

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Clean and Healthy Schools are Electric: Our Report with Rewiring America
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Clean and Healthy Schools are Electric: Our Report with Rewiring America

In “Clean and Healthy Schools are Electric: Aligning California’s School Infrastructure Investments with our Climate and Health Goals,” our new report with Rewiring America and UC Santa Barbara, we make the case for upgrading to all-electric HVAC systems with advanced filtration. This transition can deliver enormous educational and health benefits to California’s students and school staff, all while cutting operating costs.

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Massachusetts’ 2022 Climate Law: Green & Healthy Schools Explained
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Massachusetts’ 2022 Climate Law: Green & Healthy Schools Explained

Section 82 of H.5060 calls on a group of key state agencies to collaborate to assess the current state of our school buildings with an eye to eliminating fossil fuels and to recommend standards and strategies for advancing healthy, green schools. Here’s a quick take from us on some of the important passages in the bill.

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The Climate Minute: Massachusetts legislative deadline approaches
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The Climate Minute: Massachusetts legislative deadline approaches

Our co-founder Sara Ross appeared on the Massachusetts Climate Action Networks podcast “The Climate Minute” to talk to the host Ted McIntyre about how bills get a final vote in the Massachusetts’ legislature. Listen as they discuss one of many items up for consideration — a plan to examine how green and healthy our schools are.

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Report: Gas Leaks at Massachusetts School Properties
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Report: Gas Leaks at Massachusetts School Properties

We collaborated with HEET to perform a first-ever analysis of the prevalence of leaks in gas mains and service lines at school properties. (NOTE: All of the hazardous leaks we report on in this report have be repaired.)

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The Financial Case for Net-Zero Schools
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The Financial Case for Net-Zero Schools

New evidence gleaned from districts across the country has an important message to heed: Building and renovating schools to achieve net-zero energy is the affordable option.

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UndauntedK12 at the NAESCO Conference
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UndauntedK12 at the NAESCO Conference

Our presentation to the National Association of Energy Service Companies about supporting districts to use COVID relief funds to make durable improvements to facilities and grounds that will benefit current and future students' health, safety, and learning.

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