Business, Accounting and Economics Faculty Scholarship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-19-2018
Publication Title
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI
Keywords
Green Schools, LEED Schools, Ohio Schools, Academic Performance
Abstract
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.
First Page
1
Last Page
12
Volume
10
Issue
10
Repository Citation
Prindle, Allen and Thombs, Ryan P., "Ohio LEED Schools and Academic Performance: A Panel Study, 2006–2016" (2018). Business, Accounting and Economics Faculty Scholarship. 7.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/bus_fac/7
Original Citation
Thombs, R.P.; Prindle, A. Ohio LEED Schools and Academic Performance: A Panel Study, 2006–2016. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3783.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103783
Version
Post-Print
Peer Reviewed
1
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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