In the wake of colleges and universities creating green initiatives, one position that has become more common in recent years is that of the sustainability coordinator.
Building out a broad-brush campus master plan requires a strategy that balances current goals and unifying principles.
UMass has found a successful way to speed up the job of retrofitting life safety systems without compromising the quality or its budget.
A new Recreation Activity Center at Georgia Southern University is designed to be as green as possible.
When it comes to getting your message out, progressive institutions are following corporate America's lead.
Outsourcing security operations to the local police department may be a viable means of saving money and gaining efficiencies. Here's how the city of Auburn, AL, works with Auburn University.
The pros and cons of seeking LEED certification are important to consider when designing sustainable facilities.
Cornell University has taken one path to sustainability by incorporating green transportation plans into its campus master plan.
U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, testified on March 14th before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor hearing about "Ensuring the Availability of Federal Student Loans."
Biomass is an untapped energy source for colleges and universities.
Global climate change holds center stage in American media today. As leaders in the formation of future generations, institutes of higher education are eager to address the resultant environmental impacts.
The outdoor elements present on a college campus can be planned to play a vital role in promoting sustainability.
In an April 22 visit to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, MI, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced proposed regulations for No Child Left Behind that would address strengthening choice and free tutoring, accountability, assessments
During recent months, the digital music industry has been changing in very tectonic but very silent ways.
Colleges get serious about saving water.
Reducing your campus buildings' carbon footprints can be hard. But helpful pointers can aid colleges and universities in saving the environment
and some energy dollars as well.
The benefits of high-output UVC devices can extend beyond simply optimizing a facility's IAQ.
The choice of a laboratory workstation exhaust system for science facilities, as well as its placement, represent a critical step in ensuring the ultimate success of the facility.
Admiring today's beautiful campus facilities, there's no doubt that interior designers are hard at work. The question is, are they employed in-house or by architectural and design firms?
Facilities maintenance is not always simply facilities maintenance.
Postal centers are huffing and puffing to keep up with the sheer volume students and faculty are sending through their facilities.
Generation NeXt is coming to your school. How these kids think and what they want will inform your building choices. Is your campus ready for the new crop of students?
Schools have many ways to disseminate information about fire and life safety protocols. How should they use them and when?
Universities unveil new ways of safeguarding the keys to the electronic data kingdom.
Converging technology systems and design measures helps maximize security in campus parking facilities.
Today's college students are some of technology's earliest adapters and, as such, expect tech-savvy homes, whether off campus or on.
Special attention must be paid to weatherize points of infiltration on the building envelope. Here are some specifics to keep in mind.
At some universities, pets are no longer something students have to sneak into their residence halls.
Faculty are creating their own ways of balancing traditional and technological teaching methods to enhance student learning.
Addressing key issues during planning and design enables building owners to provide the optimum HVAC and the resulting indoor environment.
Here's how to apply the four strategies of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) to improve parking lot and parking structure safety.
It is easy to think that most commercial flooring is or at least can be recycled. Not so.
IT infrastructure and technology is playing a vital role in increasing campus safety.