Concordia in Shanghai

There's a new building on Concordia's campus, or new high school that is. The Concordia International School Shanghai has just completed a new building state-of-the-art high school. The building is 12,000 square meters. This development completes Concordia International School Shanghai. In a ceremony that dedicated the new building, the student body and their parents met in the new gymnasium to hear elementary music performances and a few speeches given by some students.The speeches spanned the elementary and grade school levels and were given in English and Spanish. The picture to the left is an example of one the schools state-of-the-art features. It is a ground-source geo-thermal heat exchange system. Just one of the green choices the school has made. This choice alone according to Concordia Shanghai Head of School Dr. James Koerschen saves over a quarter of their energy costs. Additional green choices include the abundant use of Bamboo (a renewable resource) in desks, walls and doors; sky-lights and a substantial number of windows; and the installment of green roofs on some campus buildings.
The China Construction Bank was one of the guests present at the ceremony. The knowledge that Christians and Missionaries can suffer persecution in China made reading this site (http://www.ciss.com.cn/) all the more interesting. It's a great piece of evidence to the industrial strides China is making and even of the restraint being shown by the Communist Government. Make no mistake, they benefit from this. China desires a greater level of education for its people and the United States success is desired and utilized when possible.