Stevenson High honored:

Lincolnshire’s Stevenson High School has become the first public high school in the country to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold-level certification for existing buildings from the U.S. Green Building Council, school officials announced Friday. Stevenson received gold certification by earning points in the LEED rating system, which measures areas such as water and energy use and conservation, indoor air quality, management of waste and recyclable materials and the use of environmentally preferred products and practices for cleaning and alterations. Gold certification is the second-highest level in the four-tiered LEED ratings system.