Model Sustainable Schools Designed in Texas

—one in Austin, the other in McKinney (north of Dallas). Grant funding from the State Energy Conservation Office of the General Services Commission is providing sustainability teams to work with the architects and engineers. The Austin sustainability team is led by Bob Berkebile of BNIM Architects (Kansas City, Mo.) and includes Pliny Fisk and Gail Vittori of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems. The McKinney team is led by Mike Nicklas and Gary Bailey of Innovative Design (Raleigh, N.C.). The McKinney team also includes mechanical engineer Harshad Padia and

EBN editor Nadav Malin.