What LEED for Schools says about reducing energy used by lighting, while improving the performance of students, teachers, and administrators with natural daylight.
School safety is an issue that cannot be ignored.
"The same, yet different," aptly explains six specific characteristics of rural school districts when compared with urban districts. Sure, each rural characteristic has its challenges, but then again, so do the urban districts'.
It takes more than classroom space to make a school run properly. Sometimes, like it or not, adding space is a necessity.
We are blessed with a world-class educational system, burdened by many students and parents who take the immense opportunities our schools provide for granted.
With savvy in procurement and consumption, administrators can reduce their energy bills.
The design of educational facilities often face the challenge of state education department codes and rules.
In the world of school construction and renovation, whatever can go wrong will go wrong.
…a window opens, if it's operable that is. What's new in windows and doors in the school market?
The green movement, sustainability, and LEED are all concepts within the building delivery process that are founded on the premise that efficient use of our natural resources is becoming increasingly necessary.
It's time to turn to human resources management systems to help harness and utilize data.
Elements that make new, innovative facilities standouts.
Keeping students safe is a school's top priority. Well-functioning fire safety systems help achieve that priority and are essential to a school's daily operations.
When it's in your building there's trouble. How are school districts battling water and other elements, keeping their buildings mold free, and meeting newgreen” mandates all at the same time?
Without an adequate investment in education students will suffer, communities will stagnate, businesses will vacate, and property values will drop.
Be sure your efforts to provide viable lockdown capabilities are in balance with other crucial life-saving functional protocol.
New, almost new, and not-so-new flooring questions and answers for school facility directors.
School security is much easier to accomplish in a small community when the student is one of a few, rather than in a large school where he or she is one of thousands.
Here's a look at three fast-growing school districts and how they're coping with the challenges that come with rapid growth.