The following North Carolina Environmental Education Centers are considered GrEEn Centers. What does it mean to be GrEEn? It means different things at different places. For some, the focus is on sustainability education. For others, it has more to do with water-efficient, native landscaping. A list of green features is provided for each of the GrEEn Centers below.

Agape Center for Environmental Education

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

Airlie Gardens

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Habitat Gardens
• Rain Barrels
• Pervious Parking Lot
• Oyster Shell Recycling
• Riparian Buffers

Blue Jay Center for Environmental Education

• Green Building
• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Buidling Materials
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Solar Panel System

Blue Ridge Parkway

• LEED Certification
• Green Building
• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling
• Green Roof

Camp Broadstone

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Green Roof

Cape Fear Botanical Garden

• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping
• Hosts a Christmas tree recycling event that provides mulch for trail maintenance. "Grinding of the Greens" is presented in conjunction with the Fayetteville Public Works Comission.

Catawba College Center for the Environment

• LEED Certification
• Green Building/Sustainability Exhibits
• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Use of Renewable Energy
• Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling
• Particle-free Burning Fireplaces
• Occupancy Sensors
• Geo-Exchange Closed-Loop Heating System

Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education

• LEED Certification
• Green Building/Sustainability Exhibits
• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Use of Renewable Energy
• Energy-Efficient Lighting - Daylighting with light shelves to direct sunlight to center of building
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling - Under-the-floor air distribution system that heats/cools only the air space occupied by workers
• Permeable concrete that slows and absorbs stormwater runoff

Charlotte Nature Museum

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Bldg. Materials
• Water Efft. Landscaping

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Bldg. Materials
• Recycling Program

Crowder District Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water Efft. Landscaping

Dismal Swamp State Natural Area

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Bldg Materials
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting

Eastern 4-H Environmental Education Center

• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Renwable Energy
• Eng Efft. Heat/Cooling

Enviro-Scope Programs

• Green Building
• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

Forest Discovery Center at the Cradle of Forestry

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Bldg. Materials
• Eng. Efft. Heat/Cooling

Grandfather Mountain

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Green Roof
• Currently in the process of evaluating facilities and usage in conjunction with Appalachian State University's Department of Energy. Will be implementing many new green practices and features under the direction of ASU to park facilities in 2008.

Haw River State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting

Historic Yates Mill County Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping

Horizons Unlimited

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Material
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• No impervious paved roads or parking lots.
• Main roads are graveled with on-site native rock material

Jones Lake State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting

Kathleen Clay Edwards Library

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Cork Flooring

Lake Crabtree County Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling
• Rain barrel for native garden
• Electric golf cart for park patrols

Lake James State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting

Lumber River State Park

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Recycling Program

Medoc Mountain State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

Merchants Millpond State Park

• LEED Certification
• Green Building/Sustainability Exhibits
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping
• Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling

Mountain Trail Outdoor School

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Solar Hot Water Panels

NCSU Solar House at NC Solar Center

• Green Building
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling
• Passive Solar Design

Neuseway Nature Center

• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Use of Renewable Energy
• Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Green Roof
• Solar Energy Exhibit

New Hanover County Arboretum

• Native Landscaping
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Parking lot features a variety of pervious paving materials including pervious concrete, permeable pavers, and a large bioretention area

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Reusable products in education programs and teacher workshops, (flatware, cups, etc.), organic cotton tee shirts for craft programs, recycled crafts in classrooms
• Stormwater runoff demonstrations
• Recycling program for ink cartridges, cell phones and CD/DVDs.
• Composting 
  

North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Use of reclaimed water in lavatories

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping (cisterns/rain garden)
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling

North Carolina Botanical Garden

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling
• Composting Program
• No potable water used for irrigation
• Breaking ground on LEED Certified Visitor Education Center in June 2007 

North Carolina Coastal Federation

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping

North Carolina Estuarium

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping

North Carolina Museum of Forestry

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Recycling Program
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling

North Carolina Zoological Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Compost animal and plant waste
• Process biodiesel fuel
• ISO 14001 Environmental Certified
• Horticulture and Veterinary EMS certified
• In development is a solar energy collecting project and a constructed wetlands project to filter parking lot runoff

Piedmont Biofuels

• Green Building/Sustainability Exhibits
• Recycled/Reused Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Use of Renewable Energy
• Alternative fuels (biodiesel) plant and public tours
  

Piedmont Environmental Center of High Point, Inc.

• Green Building
• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Water Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heat/Cooling
• Green Roof

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program

Prairie Ridge Ecostation

• Green Building/Sustainability Exhibits
• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycled/Reused Building Material
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Use of Renewable Energy
• Energy-Efficient Lighting
• Energy-Efficient Heating/Cooling

SciWorks - The Science Center & Environmental Park of Forsyth County

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Composting

Screech Owl Farm School

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Low-Emitting Materials
• Energy Efficient Lighting
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

Turtle Island Preserve Outdoor Education Center and Traditional Appalachian Farm

• Use of on-site natural resources for construction
• Utilization of traditional Appalachian horse-drawn farming techniques
• Micro-hydro power system
• Composting
• Experiential education in sustainable living

Walter B. Jones, Jr. Center for the Sounds at Pocosin Lake National Wildlife Refuge

• Native Landscaping
• Recycled Building Materials
• Recycling Program
• Energy Efficient Heating/Cooling

The William B. Umstead State Park

• Native Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been used to divert water runoff from impermeable surfaces into a small wetland area

Wilson Botanical Gardens

• Native Plant Landscaping
• Recycling Program
• Water-Efficient Landscaping (cisterns and rain gardens currently being added)
• Composting demonstration area