Ohio LEED schools and academic performance: A panel study, 2006-2016

Ryan P. Thombs; Allen Prindle

doi:10.3390/su10103783

Ohio LEED schools and academic performance: A panel study, 2006-2016

Ryan P. Thombs, Allen Prindle

Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

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This study investigates the effect that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) had on academic performance using a difference-in-differences (DID) estimator using data from the years 2006-2016. By obtaining data from the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, this investigation examines the effect that LEED design had on the Student Performance Index for schools that opened in the year 2012. Each LEED school was matched with a non-LEED school based on several criteria. The study determined that LEED did not have an impact on the Student Performance Index. Though we find no relationship, green schools do provide educational opportunities that standard buildings do not. We suggest that the state of Ohio should take advantage of potentially untapped opportunities in their green schools program that could enhance both social and ecological sustainability.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	3783
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	10
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103783
State	Published - Oct 19 2018

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Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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