A library for the blind and physically disabled represents an inventive response to design problems of a social and formal nature. (Author/MLF)

The superintendent of a school district lists his district's problems and goals. In the spring he will discuss the successes he had in achieving those goals. (IRT)

Sketches the intellectual and sociological climate that led Henry Barnard to advocate Greek Revival architecture for school buildings, takes a look at why this style and its implicit values were popular in the era between 1820-1860, and examines a few of the plans in Barnard's "School Architecture" (1838-48). (Author/RK)

Explains the role of a building scientist as being someone who is concerned with the environment in buildings and in their immediate surroundings; describes the training necessary for the vocation and assesses career prospects in the field. (CP)

Suggests a high school or college level program of subjective perception and evaluation of industrial landscapes. Slides of local or national industrial sites can be rated and classified as pleasing or unpleasing in terms of variables such as architectural style of building, smokestacks, age, and visible pollution. (AV)

Families of students attending the Te-tu hsien May 7 training school were encouraged to help in agricultural production and school building construction. (AV)

A geodesic dome houses the Michigan Space Center on the Jackson Community College campus. (Author/MLF)

It is important for school administrators to impress on their tax-paying publics the differences between "savings," which implies budget reductions, and "cost avoidance," which implies what they might be paying if energy reduction measures had not been taken. (Author)

Declining enrollments and consolidation of school building resources throughout the 1970's resulted in strains on educational facilities as baby boomers now crowd classrooms in the 1980's. Outlines factors administrators should consider when deciding whether to begin new construction projects or remodel existing facilities. (MD)

In 1986, Northeast Utilities began helping shool administrators combat school building energy wastage through a program called Energy Alliance. The typical school can reduce its energy bill by 30 percent by adopting a wide range of conservation measures, including cogeneration, relamping, and energy audits. (MLH)

Describes a computer-aided design (CAD) system, called VersaCAD, adopted by Indiana University for campus planning. Five drawings illustrate the work accomplished using the CAD. (MLF)

Three basic types of warehousing available to the school district are reviewed, which include (1) centralized storage facilities, (2) regionalized storage facilities, and (3) decentralized storage facilities. (CJH)

Postoccupancy evaluation is a careful, systematic, and reliable process intended to ensure that findings can be applied to future buildings. Some of the important issues about postoccupancy evaluation are explored using questions that are often asked about this new component in the building delivery system. (MLF)

Outlines the uses of personal computers as energy management tools in school systems. They can account for energy use and costs, monitor monthly consumption, project impacts of projects, and study new design and building use programs. Includes three tables. (MD)

An inexpensive and rapid method for preparing accurate cost estimates of construction projects in a university setting, using a personal computer, purchased software, and one estimator, is described. The case against defined estimates, the rapid estimating system, and adjusting standard unit costs are discussed. (MLW)