Educators are accustomed to giving out grades, good and bad. However, when it comes to sustainable design and construction, it is the educators and administrators whose work is being graded. Just like the students they serve, education officials have different levels of commitment as they pursue environmentally friendly strategies in building…

Education administrators face the dual dilemma of crowded, aging facilities and tightening capital budgets. The challenge is to build the necessary classroom, laboratory and activity space while minimizing the length and expense of the construction process. One solution that offers an affordable alternative is modular construction, a method that…

The U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, addressed the American Institute of Architects on the problem of school safety resulting from building age and/or building code violations. The Secretary stated that the problem is a large national embarrassment and reveals the Clinton Administration's response through new construction bonds and…

The Fremont Elementary School in Santa Ana, California, built underground, provides an earthquake resistant structure, conserves energy, and makes better use of land. (Author/MLF)

In this system the most efficient and appropriate technology was applied to the development and assembly of building components. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (Author/MLF)

Article evaluated what is too large or too small in the size of comprehensive schools and how that factor affected educational development. (RK)

The Ellicott complex at the State University of Buffalo pulls together six colleges into a single urban place. (Author/MLF)

This article provides data on the decentralization of seven large U. S. school systems, explaining when and how it came about. (Editor)

The scramble cafeteria permits patrons to go directly to serving stations rather than wait in a single line; three rotating instructional shells can transform a 58-square-foot room into one, two, or three stations. (Author/MLF)

Glass curtain walls at George Gund Hall, housing Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and windowless classrooms at a junior high school next to Chicago's O'Hare Airport help to solve special problems while creating aesthetically pleasing buildings. (Author/MLF)

This manual presents, in illustrated form, the protective measures needed to save educational buildings from the effects of earthquakes. The information may be used at the community level as a guide to the construction of earthquake resistant educational buildings. Primarily, the manual deals with the construction techniques used for school…

An experiment in Maryland, one of four now in progress, offers an example of how energy from the sun's rays can replace fossil fuels. (Editor)

Describes the main structural features of a new high school built using component building systems. (DN)

Innovations in the facilities of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf are described by the communications facilities consultant. (Author/MLF)

Efficiency, lower operating costs, and flexibility are only a few of the reasons why total-electric facilities encompass the range of education from elementary schools to university buildings. (Author)