Could environmentalists be the new group that locks horns with the Wake County school board majority?

As noted in today's article, Chris Malone, chair of the school board's facilities committee, is calling for a financial review of the school district's green schools efforts. Green schools require more money up front but are supposed to save an even larger amount over time.

But Malone said there are questions whether the green efforts actually are leading to enough savings to justify their use during these tough financial times. He says they need to examine the issue in more detail before including it as part of a bond issue in the next few years.

Some good pub this week for Wake Tech. It's new north Raleigh campus, which opened last year, is featured this week in Inside Higher Ed, an industry publication, for its environmentally responsible design.

As the story notes, natural light is abundant within the three buildings at this new campus. As the campus dean puts it:

"We often don't turn the lights on in the classroom. We don't need it."