Carpet tiles offer flexibility, easy maintenance, and economical installation. (Author)

Novel preventive maintenance program sends traveling teams out on tightly scheduled, minor repair missions. (Author)

Describes a 20-day rotating program for maintaining school carpets properly put into operation in Racine, Wisconsin. (Author/DN)

Gives instructions on minimizing damage to schools whose heating systems must be turned off. (Author)

Discusses the most commonly used types of products found in schools: entrance mats, anti-fatigue mats, carpet covers, and duckboard. Also gives tips on proper mat care. (Author)

Describes how a full-scale preventive maintenance program was scheduled, incorporated into a manual, and put into motion by a control card system in Niles Township High School District. (Author)

Schools could conserve energy by following recommendations by Educational Facilities Laboratories: (1) review operations and maintenance personnel qualifications to handle mechanical-electrical equipment, (2) analyze energy consumption to identify waste sources in schools, (3) incorporate energy conservation into all architectural programs for…

Fairfax County, Virginia, inaugurated an out-of-the-ordinary plan for boosting staff morale and making the most of consultants, and Williamsville, Virginia, instituted a multiple tracking schedule that provides for unscheduled emergencies. (MF)

Provides answers to queries about why custodial training courses flop, how better training programs can be set up, and what kind of training is appropriate. (MF)

Preplanning buildings for easy upkeep may cost more not but cut custodial costs later. (Author/JN)

Trash compactor functions and types are discussed and some hints for compactor selection for schools are provided. Discussed are the horizontal ram, vertical ram, and the horizontal extruder compactor. (DN)

A discussion by an educator, an energy consultant, an architect, and a superintendent of facilities planning on how schools can reform maintenance and operations procedures towards efficient fuel use. (Author/DN)

Gives 25 tips to help administrators improve the planning organizing, controlling, coordination, directing, staffing, and evaluating functions of the school custodial program. (Author/DN)

Six case histories that tell about the benefits of heat recovery systems, incentive programs, life-cycle costing, zone lighting, computer profiles, and energy-oriented remodeling. (Author)