Growing awareness of the devastating repercussions of the global warming crisis is causing people to rethink their actions, whether it be how they travel to work, what kind of products they purchase, or how spaces are designed, built, and lit. However, those of us now standing at that crossroad are light-years behind the green-minded people responsible for the newly renovated and expanded Sidwell Friends Middle School in Washington, D.C.—the first LEED Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world and the first Platinum project in Washington, D.C.
