Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Or is it just you? Internal air quality and comfort are more than just temperature. Whether your school is pushing the envelope or making small changes, there are many ways to keep building occupants happy and energy bills in control.
Trends In Green
The bottom-line benefits of the EPA's ENERGY STAR program.
- By Terrance R. Liette
- 10/01/14
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Here's how energy benchmarking is helping some school districts reduce energy consumption, thereby gaining energy savings. It may be just the tool your district needs.
The Geothermal Energy Project at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Emerging Technology
The design and up-fit of educational facilities should be the result of a whole systems approach and not one of designing and installing isolated pieces and parts.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 10/01/14
The Collaborative for High Performance School (CHPS) released the fourth edition of the California CHPS Criteria (CA-CHPS) on Aug. 25, 2014.
This recently released guide provides a host of tools and resources for administrators, teachers and parents concerned with making healthy purchasing decisions that are good for students and the school environment.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 09/01/14
Across the country, colleges and universities are spending their green on green.
Facilities and the conditions of the learning environment have an effect on students and staff.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
- By Jeff Parker, Jim Messner
- 08/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Furman University has received recognition for its commitment to its campus environment, most recently as a model for arboreta in the Southeast and across the nation.
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
A school district's path to running completely on solar.
Editor's Note (The View From Here)
- By Deborah P. Moore
- 08/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Sustainable design expertise has delivered the first high-performance building on the campus of Boston University.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
After its first year in operation, this school facility is proving to be unique.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
The challenges of energy efficiency and savings, along with other sustainability efforts, are being met through teamwork and innovation on the island campuses of The University of the Virgin Islands.
Business Managing Higher Ed
A commitment to sustainability, combined with a public benefit corporation relationship, is allowing Nazareth College to reduce its carbon footprint.
Higher education has always been at the heart of innovative, committed, societally responsible change, and never has there been more and better ongoing evidence of this in sustainability.
- By Mitch Thomashow, Anne Waple
- 08/01/14
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Seven steps to sustainable, energy-efficient schools.
- By Jeff Parker, Jim Messner
- 08/01/14
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Smart classrooms without breaking the bank in Mississippi.
- By Gwenn McDaniel
- 08/01/14
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
With a generous gift of land and greenhouses, Unity College is expanding its programs in sustainable agriculture.