The 2025 Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Virtual Summer Summit was held in a series of sessions throughout July with the theme, “It’s All About the People: Practical Inspiration for Challenging Times.” This two-part series explored how to meet emerging challenges and advance sustainability, health, and operational goals. The sessions provided an opportunity to share
Key Takeaways from the 2025 HGSC Virtual Summer Summit
Chicago Public Schools Becomes First to Earn Gold Certification Under the Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Standard
Healthy Schools Campaign is proud to announce that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has achieved Gold Certification under the Healthy Green Schools & Colleges (HGSC) Standard, becoming the first school district in the nation to be awarded this prestigious recognition. This milestone marks a powerful step forward in the national movement to create healthier, more sustainable
3 Cost-Effective Ways to Improve School Indoor Air Quality This Winter
The Healthy Green Schools & Colleges standard provides a framework facility managers can take to improve the sustainability and IAQ on their campuses.
Tool Helps Assess School Facilities Management Strategies
The Healthy Green Schools & Colleges program helps facility leaders identify low-cost measures that can make a significant difference in indoor air quality and overall sustainability in the spaces they care for. Taking the free self-assessment is the first step. Here’s what early participants had to say about it.
All About the Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Self-Assessment Tool
The Healthy Green Schools & Colleges self-assessment is a free tool available for school and university facility professionals to use to objectively assess their campus’ indoor environmental health and sustainability performance.
Open for Comment: The Healthy Green Schools & Colleges™ Standard
Green Seal and Healthy Schools Campaign are proposing several improvements to our Healthy Green Schools & Colleges™ standard criteria. These updates are intended to clarify and consolidate standard criteria; better address differences between K-12 school districts and higher education institutions, and provide more flexibility for schools to implement measures that foster healthy indoor environments for students and staff.
Announcing a National Pilot Standard for Healthier School Facilities
The first-of-its-kind standard was designed in partnership with the K-12 and university facility directors on the Healthy Green Schools & Colleges Steering Committee and with input from early adopters, stakeholders, and the public. It is designed to be implemented district-wide or university-wide to ensure an organization-level commitment to standard operating procedures, resource distribution, and facility maintenance that supports the health of all students and staff, as well as the environment.
A National Standard for Healthy School Facilities – Call for Public Comment
By Sara Porter The pandemic has made creating healthy school environments an urgent national priority and brought to light the serious under-investment in school facilities nationwide. But the fact is, even before the pandemic, nearly half of U.S. schools reported indoor air quality problems that put the health of students and staff at