Building utilization calculations provide an effective management tool for scheduling rooms, teachers, and class groups. Additionally, utilization data help justify need for modernization or replacement of outmoded facilities. A method is presented to help principals provide such figures in a usable and understanding fashion. (Author/MLF)

Computers are under-utilized by faculty members in higher education, despite the fact that recent advances have simplified usage. Many professors shy away from the computer because they lack understanding of its basic nature and they fear the unknown. Historically, the requirements that: 1) the user specify in advance information needed solely for…

After the Council of Ontario Universities' Task Force on Space and Utilization published the first volumes of its Building Blocks series on space standards in 1972, a subcommittee was established to receive reports from institutions on the original recommendations and their implementation. In this volume the most recent recommendations of the task…

Draws some initial connections between library performance measures and library space planning and collection management. Output measure surveys are suggested for establishing hierarchies of use and appropriate design of environments for housing the collection. Four references are listed. (MES)

This handbook is designed to assist community college administrators in using the various reports generated by the facility inventory and utilization subsystem of the Illinois Community College Board management information system. Among the reports generated by the subsystem are: room utilization report, campus classroom usage report, room use…

Educational institutions and larger public school districts have implemented computerized systems of planning and management functions. The application of computers to facility management roughly may be divided into two general areas: (1) planning efforts of administrators and designers through methods of simulation, and (2) systems management…

Based on a series of workshops, this collection of papers provides a framework for thought--emphasizing planning within time, flexibility, and maintenance constraints--as well as a practical guide for actual engineering of remodeling/renovation/conversion projects. Is remodeling always less expensive than new construction? Should high initial…

In an effort to stimulate and assist higher education administrators to think and do something about the erosion of buildings taking place on many campuses, this publication serves as a basic overview of the problem. Rising energy costs, continuing inflation, and worsening financial conditions in general only compound the situation that has been…

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…