A rooftop garden is designed to provide stormwater control and help keep the building cool in the sun. And an underground tank can store one million seven hundred thousand liters of rainwater for air conditioning and other systems.

空或花园的设计是用来提供雨水控制，有助于太阳照射下保持楼体的凉爽．地下的水池可以为空调和其它系统存储70万升的雨水

The new building cost about ninety million dollars to build. It stands next to the old T.C. Williams building, which officials say will slowly be taken apart and recycled.T.C. Williams High School is still waiting for the final part of the LEED certification process. Schools receive points for the number of requirements they meet. Buildings are rated silver, gold or platinum.

建造这样一栋楼要花大约900万美金.它位于旧的TC威廉姆斯教室的旁边,官员说它将会被移开和回收.TC威廉姆斯高中等待最后的LEED的论证.学校根据达到要求的数量得到相应的分数.建筑分成银.金和铂金等级.


Around the country, concerns about limited budgets for public schools sometimes lead to objections to investing in green schools. But the Green Building Council points to a report by Capital E, a Washington, D.C., company that serves the clean energy industry.

在整个国家,关于对公立学校的预算的担心总是引起兴建绿色学校的反对.但是绿色建筑委员会指出了由Capital E在华盛顿出具的报告,这家公司是为环保工业服务的.

Capital E examined the cost of thirty green schools in the United States. It says the average cost was only two percent higher compared to a traditional school. And it says this extra cost is small compared to the savings over time from lower energy and water costs and healthier students.
CE调查了美国30多家绿色学校的费用.它指出平均的费用比传统的那种学校只高出百分之二,而且这些高出来的费用远远比不上低能源和水消费的节约和健康的学生

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