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School Buildings: The Foundation for Student Health and Success
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Eitland, Erika; Allen, Joseph – State Education Standard, 2019
Improving the school building may well be the most overlooked means of improving student health, safety, and academic performance. Yet in conversations about factors that lead students to academic success, only rarely does the role of the physical environment come to the fore. By downplaying the importance of the building, policymakers and parents…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Physical Environment, Role, Academic Achievement
Illuminating the Way.
Murphy, Peter – American School & University, 1997
Details the dramatic changes in school lighting. Describes how lighting will be more closely integrated into the "smart" school building of tomorrow and how lighting systems will evolve with schools as technology changes. Claims that direct/indirect lighting systems will serve computer users as well as reduce energy and maintenance costs. (RJM)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation
Illuminating Classroom Design.
Zuczek, Daniel – American School & University, 1996
Discusses how modern schools require specific lighting systems to accommodate computers and other technologies. Describes special needs for direct and indirect lighting when considering visual display terminals and projectors, and the kind of lighting system best suited for distance learning. Offers ideas on classrooms' physical layout. (RJM)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Environment, Display Systems, Educational Environment
Is There a New School in Your Future?
Smith, Pat – Illinois School Board Journal, 1996
Aging buildings and increasing enrollments are putting school construction back on school boards' agendas. Planners can expect sticker shock, due to rising construction costs, and wiring, lighting, and other accommodations for technology. They must also rethink designs for libraries, traffic control, parking, and security, and consider…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Obsolescence, Construction Costs, Construction Management
Energy Conservation. The Best of ERIC, Number 19.
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1976
The 13 articles in this annotated bibliography cover a wide range of concerns from the finances of energy conservation to solar energy applications, to building design, to building maintenance, and to the role of the science teacher as an energy analyst and activist. (IRT)
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Building Operation, Climate Control
2 in 1: Designing a Combined Library That Works for Everybody.
Olson, Renee – School Library Journal, 1996
Discusses the design of combined school/public libraries and includes the views of three high school librarians and two elementary school librarians who helped create combined libraries. Topics include physical design issues, including entrances, lighting, and location; funding; cost benefits; contracts; signage; and parking. (LRW)
Descriptors: Building Design, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Design
Energy Sourcebook for Educational Facilities.
Council of Educational Facility Planners, Columbus, OH. – 1977
The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International (CEFP/I) has assembled an authoritative and comprehensive sourcebook for the design and management of energy efficient educational facilities. Information that bridges the gap between scientific energy theory/research/technology and the needs of the educational community is published in…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities