Inside a New School Built to Be Climate-Resilient

This journalistic analysis/commentary in Education Week describes the commitment suburban Lake Oswego, Oregon, made to resilient infrastructure when designing a new elementary school. The school facility features an on-site solar microgrid to ensure continuous, renewable energy and structural features identified by emergency agencies during their facilities planning to enable community use of the school as a community shelter. Considerations include both the initial cost of construction and projected long-term cost savings, as well as intended benefits to students and the community.