Many people narrowly focus on energy efficiency when defining a "high-performance" school--a school building that is economical with respect to heating, cooling, and electric lighting. That is certainly true, but in the broadest terms, a high-performance school is designed to minimize reliance on fossil fuels--and provide a comfortable, healthful,…

Architecture uses both aesthetic and scientific research concepts in developing of modern advances. The program at the University of Sydney is discussed in terms of its uses of physical models, environmental studies, energy studies, and mathematical models and is presented as a model for relating the aesthetic and scientific. (JMF)