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Download full textJaffe, Martin; Erley, Duncan – 1980
Presented are architectural design issues associated with solar energy use, and procedures for design review committees to consider in examining residential solar installation in light of existing aesthetic goals for their communities. Recommended design review criteria include the type of solar system being used and the ways in which the system…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation, Community Control
Chan, Tak Cheung – 1979
Research conducted in Georgia reveals that pupils in school buildings with modern facilities attain higher achievement than pupils in buildings with older facilities. All public schools in Georgia containing eighth grade students were classified as non-modernized, partially modernized, or modern according to results of questionnaires administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Building Obsolescence, Grade 8
TOLLERUD, GUY D. – 1966
A DETAILED GUIDE FOR PLANNING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES IN MINNESOTA. PART ONE DEALS WITH PROCEDURES IN SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING IN TERMS OF STATE AND LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES. PART TWO DISCUSSES PLANNING AND DEVELOPING OF SCHOOL PLANT FACILITIES IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SITE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, SECONDARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Schools, Facility Guidelines, Health
Building Research Inst., Inc., Washington, DC. – 1962
A demonstration of how colors may be specified for use by all those trades and professions involved in building science. This is of vital importance in furthering the use of color, not only in structures but in every other aspect of our daily usage. Free enterprise requires a color language in order to expand the use of color, and to allow for…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Trades, Buildings, Color Planning
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1974
The curriculum guide outlines a course designed to acquaint the student with basic skills needed in reading, sketching, and drafting building construction plans. Students should show an interest in the carpentry trade before being assigned to this course, which is the first in a series. Emphasis is placed on the actual responsibilities of the…
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Building Plans, Building Trades, Carpentry
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1974
The curriculum guide outlines a course for grades 11 and 12 designed to provide instruction in the layout and construction of various types of stairs. Students completing the course will be expected to have skills and knowledge of building construction plans, concrete forms, walls, roofs and doors, in addition to a basic knowledge of mathematics…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1960
Several aspects of plastics used in the building industry are discussed, and a general information format for specifying plastics in building construction is given. This format includes--(1) description of product, (2) physical properties, (3) design criteria, (4) installation, (5) maintenance, (6) economics, and (7) case histories. Several uses…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Building Design, Building Systems, Ceilings
Meckler, Gershon; And Others – ASHRAE Transactions, 1964
Energy balance problems in the design of office buildings are analyzed. Through the use of integrated systems utilizing dual purpose products, a controlled environment with minimum expenditure of energy, equipment and space can be provided. Contents include--(1) office building occupancy loads, (2) office building heating load analysis, (3) office…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Design, Buildings, Controlled Environment
Olfson, Lewy, And Others – 1969
Profiles are presented of several vocational-technical schools and colleges designed to provide large, flexible, well-equipped, comfortable, efficient, teaching and learning spaces. Each demonstrates a conscious effort to fulfill the following requirements--(1) a logical relationship between classroom instruction areas and shop or laboratory…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Design Preferences, Educational Facilities Design
Crawford, Wayne H. – 1963
Following a general consideration of the functional aspects of planning facilities and the relationship between program and facilities, a detailed presentation is made of planning buildings for college and university indoor physical education activities. Recommendations are made with regard to design, structural and functional features of…
Descriptors: Building Design, College Buildings, College Planning, Educational Planning
Allied Masonry Council, McLean, VA. – 1968
The compact school, generally defined as a brick structure with a flexible interior and natural light admission of skylights, domes, clearstories and interior courtyards, emerged from the new educational programs. Evaluation of the compact school design includes--(1) appraisals and reactions to the physical environment, (2) explanations of the…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Construction Costs, Construction Materials, Design Requirements
Ministry of Education, London (England). – 1964
The main trends are summarized of the current practices in the design and planning of modern primary schools. Several of the recent developments in design are--(1) the educational approach to design, (2) new plan forms, (3) new methods of plan analysis, (4) site analysis and design, and (5) new attitudes toward the design of communal spaces,…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Building Systems, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities Design
Kasper, Rick – American Vocational Journal, 1978
Developed to provide students with actual hands-on experience in constructing energy-efficient homes and to increase the community's and students' knowledge of solar power as an alternate source of energy, a building trades program at a high school in Zion, Illinois has its students building single-family solar energy homes. (BM)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Trades, Community Involvement, Energy Conservation
Halpern, Robert – National Institute on Out-of-School Time, 2003
If the world of after-school programs is to be made more coherent, that process will occur mostly (and is being attempted mostly) at the city level. This brief document analyzes the tasks, questions, and challenges associated with what can be described as system-building in the after-school field, focusing on city level efforts. [This report was…
Descriptors: After School Programs, After School Education, Systems Building, Facilities
Dewees, Sarah – 1999
This digest examines the problem of upgrading rural school facilities, focusing on specific rural issues, conditions that interfere with teaching and learning, and new funding approaches. Almost half of U.S. public schools are in rural areas and small towns. Close rural school-community relationships may make it easier to make decisions,…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Construction Needs, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Facilities Improvement
