Healthy Schools
<em>Spaces4Learning</em> has several resources on best practices for cleaning and sanitizing schools and maintaining healthy schools during peak flu season, which can be applied to the coronavirus. Here you'll find our top articles and a webinar on the subject to help you combat the spread of coronavirus.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 03/06/20
energy efficiency
Electric vehicle chargers are much more than a plug-and-play upgrade to the old gas pump.
Episode 2
In this episode, Todd Ferking of DLR Group talks about education design that is geared toward the future.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- 03/04/20
transportation
Autonomous shuttles could make transportation around campus easier for students, instructors, staff and visitors.
facilities
Some common strategies and parallel considerations are at play in all master planning for the outdoors. Each campus must first be approached on its own terms, free of predispositions on planning.
- By Turan Duda, Jeffrey Paine
- 03/02/20
K-12 Remote Learning
As coronavirus changes life as we know it, these education experts offer advice on how to make the transition to online instruction.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/01/20
Sustainability
Architects continue to design buildings much the same way they always have; yet, a carbon-free future will require new practices, namely true, front-loaded integrative design.
COVID-19
Frictionless parking can promote public health by dramatically reducing the number of common touch-points within a garage or parking lot.
Building Blueprint
Healthy eating at school isn't just about changing the menu — it's also about the increasing significance of the student's dining experience.
- By Wendy Watts, Craig Siepka, Steve Shearer
- 03/01/20
Facility Focus: Student Housing
Building Envelopes
When a system shows signs of failing, what is the most cost-effective course of action an owner should take? Does the owner replace the system or close the facility?
- By Harold Stephens, Whitney Cabaza
- 03/01/20
Facility Focus: Campus Housing