Initially developed by the Cascadian Green Building Council (CGBC) in 2006, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) raises the "green bar" and motivates significant change in the built environment. It goes beyond other green building programs, such
What started in the '70s as pre-recorded closed-circuit TV, digital signage made a showy, and expensive, debut in places like Times Square and Las Vegas. Today, low-cost equipment and high-speed Internet means that digital signage is everywhere from
Military-friendly colleges offer on-campus resources to make learning about and utilizing Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits as easy as possible for veteran and active duty service members. It is advised that military students seek out this individual or office t
Admittedly, not every campus is suited to a wind program. Simply put: wind and space are required to succeed. A strong commitment from the institution's president or chancellor's office also is critical to generating wide-ranging support and mai
Athletic coaches are famous for burning the midnight oil in an effort to find a competitive advantage. They study film, evaluate their team's strengths and weaknesses and devise complex strategies all in the name of being as informed as possible. S
Today's educators require technology systems to help enhance their reach and effectiveness. Administrators require technology to help ensure safety, reliability and success in support of its teachers and students. "Where do we begin?" —
Are we making progress? Is it happening fast enough? Are we doing the right thing for our kids? Losing a generation of children while we get our act together cannot be an option.
In today's raw, aggressive world, it seems important to bar a parent with that idea from entering. That's just one of many reasons that schools, today, typically lock all exterior doors and have a hall monitor to greet and question anyone trying
Costs have come down and schools are looking at new ways to show their commitment to technology, not only to their students, but to the community as well. What they're finding is that digital signage displays have multiple uses across the school, mak
Since every school system and school in the country is required to have a wellness policy under a renewed federal law, each district and building can include a "third E" in its Wellness Policy for Eliminate Properly.
New approaches to AV management and controls have led to increased flexibility with the use of open-source products.
The biggest obstacle to the Bucknell Lewisburg Community Development efforts was the status quo: A community that was generally comfortable with how it looked and a University that saw no compelling reason to do something different from what it had been d
The need for supplies and materials is certainly great, and membership in gifts-in-kind organizations allows schools to obtain a great deal of merchandise for an extremely low administrative cost. Schools can browse catalogs of donated supplies and reques
The start of fall for most of our programs is the start of a new budget year and a flurry of life-safety construction projects that we hope to complete before students return from summer vacation. It should also be a time when we look back at the past yea
Through creative design decisions to address previous problem areas and well-thought-out strategies to maximize FEMA funding, the University of Texas Medical Branch has emerged from the impact of Hurricane Ike with not only improved functionality, but als
We all know that clean, quiet, safe, comfortable and healthy environments are an important component of successful teaching and learning. But which facility attributes affect academic outcomes the most and in what manner and degree? A growing body of rese
There are not many days left on Congress' working calendar to complete legislation and appropriations. The shortened calendar enables members of Congress to attend party conventions and campaign for their re-election, except for those who are retiring. Pl
Recovery is a phase of emergency management that often does not receive proper attention. Yet, like the response phase, the time to make plans is not when the incident occurs, but before. There are necessary elements to a recovery plan that should be deve
Getting talented women into male-dominated careers is one struggle, while keeping them is another. The issue is especially apparent in STEM careers, which are extremely important to the global economy. Attracting and retaining more women in STEM careers w
An innovative adaptive reuse project transformed an ancient industrial building, the Skinner Organ Company built in 1905, into a 21st-century charter school for fifth and sixth graders at Boston Collegiate Charter School.
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today's community colleges play a vital role in serving both a diverse student body and the community in which they are located, and it's time for us to give credit where credit is due.