March 2009
Editor's Focus
Bucks for Bonds
By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Tucked away in the recently enacted economic stimulus bill is a potential boon for school construction....
Cover Story
Cost Control
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Managing school construction expenditures in a rapidly changing environment....
Features
Healthful Choices
By Julie Hall
Selecting green education furniture can reduce VOC emissions and create a more healthful environment for students....
Ensuring Quality
By Paul W. Erickson
Building commissioning for education institutions: Why is it needed?...
Shocking Statistics
By Dave Bingham
An AED program can give education institutions assurance that they have invested in technology that can save lives....
Know-How
Crisis Communication
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Repeat after me: It's okay to be redundant....
Viewpoint
Facility Planning: New Beginnings
By James E. Rydeen
New beginnings mean change. Change creates new challenges and opportunities. For many, new beginnings can be a difficult period of adjustment....
Green Cleaning: Window of Opportunity
By Stephen Ashkin
Tap into the expertise of your cleaning personnel....
Inside: Transportation
Badges on Buses
The Shawnee Mission (Kan.) school district has begun a program to combat the growing problem of motorists not stopping when they see school bus stop arms....
Hybrid School Bus Debuts in Colorado
The Adams 12 Five Star School District began using Colorado's first-ever hybrid school bus earlier this year....
Hop on the Bus
School buses remain the dominant form of daily transportation for students....
Cleaner Buses for 8 Iowa Districts
Eight school districts in Iowa will receive matching grants from the state's Bus Emissions Education Program (BEEP) to buy new diesel school buses. ...
Construction Zone: Performing-Arts Facilities
Certified gold | Dance complex at Point Park University
The 44,000-square-foot dance complex at Point Park University, Pittsburgh, has received LEED-NC gold....
Cultural destination | Cultural Center at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Mass.
The Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, Mass., has a new facility that will make it a destination for premier performances....
Upward expansion | Coronado High School Performing Arts Center for Colorado Springs District 11
Colorado Springs District 11 challenged architects for the Coronado High School Performing Arts Center to transform a wornout lecture hall on a restricted site into a modern performing-arts theater....
Arts instruction | Instruction center for performing arts at Napa Valley College
Construction is underway on an instruction center for performing arts at Napa Valley College, Napa, Calif....
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Acoustic design | The Concert Hall for Clovis Unified School District
The Concert Hall, the new music performance venue for Clovis Unified School District, Clovis, Calif., was designed in the classic "shoebox" configuration with 750 fixed seats....
Product Solutions
Product Solutions
New products/case studies, including: semi-permanent building solution; green cleaning; daylighting controller; visitor management; tube heaters; and wireless test receiver....
Green Schools & Universities Special Section
On the Cover
In many buildings, sustainability is invisible. But at Pioneer Middle School, DuPont, Wash., the value of sustainable choices and building features is prominent....
Finding Funding
By Paul Bunton
Deciding to build more sustainably can uncover additional sources of financing that wouldn't be available for a more conventional school....
Green Opportunities
By Susan Haifleigh
Existing buildings are a key component in making a campus sustainable....
