Pinpointing areas for saving energy and preserving the environment.
A carefully planned restorative maintenance program helps avoid extensive damage to the building envelope and protects an institution’s investment.
Here are four school leaders who are successful at inspiring and encouraging the leadership team, and at taking responsibility for implementing the district's vision.
School roofs are expensive. Their cost is apparent from the beginning, and their reliability, or lack of it, can affect future expenditures.
Here's how historic roofs can be brought into the 21st century.
There are some simple concepts that can enhance the design process to help reduce the chances that an unsafe facility is built. More architects are learning they can build better buildings, reduce civil liability, better satisfy their clients, and save cl
Properly conceived, designed, and integrated into a community, a school can contribute to economic well-being or even economic recovery.
During visits to other countries and through his role with an international organization, this nationally known crusader for better restroom care confirms his expectations that some problems are not unique to U.S. schools.
A thin layer of intumescent paint can mean the difference between life and death in a fire. Would your school's buildings benefit from a coat or two of this product?
Every administrator should know the capabilities of today's advanced safety communications technologies.
We all have spent time trying to anticipate the future of schools. One approach opens up many opportunities for our high schools and middle schools of tomorrow the laptop computer/e-school.
Even before the Virginia Tech tragedy, administrators at South Texas College had been carefully examining and revising their own campus safety plans.
If someone suddenly handed me some extra dollars and said,Use them in one of five ways to improve student achievement,” I wondered what I would do and where I would do it.
Meeting IAQ standards requires comprehensive monitoring and maintenance of HVAC systems — a measure that also addresses comfort and energy conservation needs.
Innovative School Building Continues to Make the Grade… And Then Some
The issue of safety on campus has come to the forefront as never before. Senior-level administrators at colleges and universities throughout the United States are responding to the situation with immediacy, care, and vision.
Unlike schools in the past, there is a lot of thought and logic behind the way learning spaces are being designed and decorated.