Going green is more than choosing paper with a high recycled content. Here are three colleges that are integrating sustainability into every aspect of campus life.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Design reflects growing trend toward sustainable solutions and hands-on learning environments.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Creating a true community place where everyone feels welcome.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Campus exteriors provide the initial impression of any college or university. These outdoor spaces can impact recruitment, retention, town/gown and alumni relationships and much more.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Some campus administrators are looking beyond P3s and additional debt load to find ways to finance their capital projects. Check out these ideas.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Harnessing novel Building Information Modeling methods for better campuses and facilities.
- By Christopher Alt
- 09/01/17
A new upstate New York arts center is fostering student and faculty collaboration among disciplines and raising achievement.
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Education professionals predict that, in five years, the majority of schools will have incorporated IoT into core functional areas. What is IoT, and how does it and will it relate to our educational facilities?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
As years go by, school campuses can become tangled with fencing which no longer serves its original purpose. Improve the appearance of school grounds by removing outdated, unnecessary barriers.
- By Andrew LaRowe, Mike Raible
- 09/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Student centers are often the heart of the campus community. They play a major role in student life, recruitment and retention, town/gown relationships, alumni support and more. The first impression they make should be a welcoming one.
Architects are changing the way they design spaces to better match the way students learn.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 09/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
The Hotel at Oberlin stands to deliver support to Oberlin College's role as an epicenter of environmental awareness.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
In fact, it's already here. From building controls to wearable devices almost anything can — and will — be connected to the cloud. Is your campus ready?
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
UW-Milwaukee's Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex illuminates the route from science building to social hub.
- By Mark Corey, David Black
- 07/01/17
The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Planning strategies to support future pedagogies
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
A bold vision for campus redesign is navigating old and new at Syracuse University.
- By Mary Anne Ocampo, Dennis Pieprz
- 07/01/17
The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
From loading docks to libraries, evaluating space and leveraging resources is essential to good planning — and to unlocking value on campus.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Active planning of facilities is critical for all school districts, no matter the size.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Meeting the growing challenge of security in K-12 schools.
Green Purchasing
The concept of green procurement has been around for nearly two decades. Are colleges and universities on board?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Parking problems have grown at schools along with the size of cars and increased traffic. Here's how experts suggest dealing with these new needs.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
From a heritage building to daily-use venue for alumni, faculty and students, an iconic mansion undergoes historic restoration for new life as an alumni center.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Today's integrated fire detection, alarm and sprinkler systems are being designed into facilities as an integral part of improved occupant safety.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
Technology is transforming parking, adding cost-saving efficiencies and sustainability to a campus necessity.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
How place influences design.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
The University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology are collaborating to spur light and sound innovation.
- By David Munson, Joel Seligman
- 07/01/17
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Here are two examples of public-private partnerships that suggest it might be the best approach if you’re ready to add or replace campus housing.
Safety & Security
How Building Design Concepts and Smart Security Technology Can Help.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 06/01/17
The Safe and Secure Campus
The capabilities of and uses for drones are growing at a rapid pace. How can they be used for campus safety...and should they?
- By Brandon Barrett
- 06/01/17
The Safe and Secure Campus
Does your options-based active shooter training approach meet standards of care?
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 06/01/17
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Today's educational trends require sound acoustical design.
- By Mark Lee, Lisa Sawin
- 06/01/17
Safety & Security
Architecture firm’s proposed design makes progressive school more secure.
- By Robin Whitehurst, Damon Luke Wilson
- 06/01/17
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sidney High School also betters its energy efficiency.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Take a look at the next big thing in college and university classroom design: walls you can write on and push around.
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/17
Business
Collaboration is the art and science of combining people's talents, skills, and knowledge to achieve a common goal.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 06/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Microgrids offer college campuses energy independence, resiliency and lower power bills. Are you ready to take your school off the grid?
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
What are your options when outsourcing doesn't work as planned or intended?
"Traditional" campus spaces — such as performing and visual arts spaces and libraries — are undergoing transformational design updates, evolving into multifunctional, technology-rich, vibrant spaces.