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Sebesta, James – Facilities Manager, 2010
Nearly every institution is faced with the situation of having to reduce the cost of a construction project from time to time through a process generally referred to as "value engineering." Just the mention of those words, however, gives rise to all types of connotations, thoughts, and memories (usually negative) for those in the…
Descriptors: School Construction, Engineering, Costs, Climate Control
Moses, Manfred – American School Board Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Building Design, Climate Control, Consultants, Costs
Building Research Inst., Inc., Washington, DC. – 1963
A REPORT OF A PROGRAM HELD AS PART OF THE BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1962 SPRING CONFERENCE ON THE SOLAR EFFECTS ON BUILDING DESIGN. TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE--(1) SOLAR ENERGY DATA APPLICABLE TO BUILDING DESIGN, (2) THERMAL EFFECTS OF SOLAR RADIATION ON MAN, (3) SOLAR EFFECTS ON ARCHITECTURE, (4) SOLAR EFFECTS ON BUILDING COSTS, (5) SELECTION OF…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning Equipment, Building Design, Climate Control, Controlled Environment
1977
This publication is the design development presentation for an energy-conserving elementary school building proposed for Alief, Texas. Some of the energy conservation features presented in this proposal include: (1) wind powered emergency electrical system; (2) complete insulation resulting in a building with an over-all U factor of .04; (3) air…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Building Systems, Climate Control