Aluminum-clad wood windows can mean a bright future for your school's maintenance and energy bills.
This CSU-Fullerton administrator discovered that, with a little research and a lot of elbow grease, it is possible to improve efficiency in classroom allocation and scheduling.
Cool roofs reduce electricity costs for air conditioning, along with the price of air conditioning units. Here is how cool
roofs work.
- By Michael Fickes
- 11/01/01
If you can make students feel like they belong, they will then have a better chance of feeling like they are in a secure setting.
- By R. Leslie Nichols
- 11/01/01
There are hundreds of examples around the nation of incredible schools in places where we are conditioned to expect mediocrity.
The guys buried in your warehouses know a thing or two about saving money. Take a look at how some campuses are shaping up how they ship out.
- By Julie Sturgeon
- 11/01/01
Successful smart card programs require comprehensive planning, support from the top and an eye toward the future.
Sometimes sticking to a budget becomes a sticky situation. Ask the officials behind LSU's Reilly Theatre, who discovered audiences couldn't sit
in their seats.
- By Julie Sturgeon
- 11/01/01
Valuable resources for your school.
Everyone talks about safety on campus during these dangerous days. Now here's what to do about it.
Handheld pen computing devices and specialized software put educational facility condition assessments in the palm of one's hand.
- By Karim Bhimani, Anthony Pantaleo
- 11/01/01
The application of new technologies is improving lighting on campus.
If even one major incident occurs in a U.S. school, at a school event or on a school bus, it will be difficult to calm the fears of parents, employees and students unless you already have measures in place.
As the population of Clayton, Mo., continued to grow, the community found itself in need of a new high school and a community facility. It only made sense to find a solution that would serve both of those needs - the Center of Clayton.
- By Robbin M. Rittner-Heir
- 08/01/01
- By Julie Sturgeon
- 08/01/01
Ten years in the future, learning could be more integrated into our everyday lives and communities.
- By Gaylaird Christopher
- 08/01/01
Our youth possess creativity, interest and the boundless energy that can help address the concerns that we all share for the safety of our children and those who dedicate their lives to educating them. Isn't it about time that we gave our kids a chanc
Schools have dealt with energy cutbacks in the past, and that experience has taught us a few things. The National Lighting Bureau sheds some new light on this old problem.
For nearly 20 years, schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been purchasing technology-related equipment through a buyers' consortium, and have saved millions of dollars in the process.
It's been a wild ride lately on the educational technology roller coaster. What do all the ups and down mean for schools? An industry insider explains.
- By Vicki Smith Bigham
- 07/01/01
Your office chair is an important tool and has a greater influence
on your productivity (and your health) than you probably realize.
- By Edward A. Metzger
- 07/01/01