Green Team

The Green Team collaborates with students, teachers, administrators, and other schools through Wellesley Green Schools to diminish Hunnewell's ecological impact and encourage students to embrace environmentally conscious practices. If you're passionate about sustainability and wish to contribute to making our school greener, join the Green Team by reaching out to greenteam@hunnewellpto.org.

Green Team Projects Include:

• Recycling in the cafeteria

• Recycling in classrooms

• Promoting Car Line Anti-idling

• Share Table Program - all students are encouraged to donate any wrapped, unopened, unpeeled, or sealed foods into the Share Table crate.  All foods are donated to Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in Boston

Hunnewell School’s Commitment to Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

Sustainable and high-performance, the Hunnewell building is an all-electric, net zero ready school that is five times more energy efficient than the previous school building. Plans are underway for Wellesley Municipal Light Plant (WMLP) to install solar panels on the roof to further enhance the new building’s sustainability. 

Hunnewell School sustainability features include: 

• High performance building enclosure, insulation, and air-tightness

• Efficient, all-electric heat pump ventilation, heating, and cooling

• Dedicated room by room air quality and comfort control

• Efficient use of daylight and LED lighting systems

• Natural, sustainable, low-emitting materials

• Solar panel-ready, reflective roof

• Electric vehicle charging stations and bicycle racks

• Designated recycling separation and collection areas

• Green cleaning and housekeeping program

• Outdoor learning classrooms

• Water conservation through low-flow fixtures and drought resistant plants  

• Expected certifiability to LEED Silver standard