April 2009
Cover Story
Rebounding from Tragedy
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Schools and universities hit by disaster need to react quickly so that students can resume their education with minimal interruption....
Features
38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools
By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Despite the worst economic environment in generations, spending by K-12 institutions on maintenance and operations held its own — defying historical trends that have shown M&O spending among the most affected in times of budget tightening....
38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Colleges
By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
The nation's colleges are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, and maintenance and operations budgets especially are under pressure....
Measured Results
By Frank N. Wiley
Teachers have the jobs in America. That's what Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, has concluded. Alongside more than 50 million...
Keyless Access
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
A fundamental truth of building security is that one misplaced key constitutes a crack in the armor that protects a space from unwelcome intruders....
A Clear View
By Kathryn Giblin
Professionally installed window film is a simple way to block solar heat and reduce energy....
Editor's Focus
Play Fever
By Susan Lustig (slustig@asumag.com)
A recent study revealed that on a typical day kindergartners in Los Angeles and New York City spend four to six times as long being instructed and tested in literacy and math as in free play or "choice time."...
Know-How
Lighting
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
The "Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings" offers school planners several recommendations on good lighting design....
Viewpoint
Tech Talk: Practical Procuring
By C. William Day
Why do schools have a hard time selecting qualified technology bidders? First, schools that use lowest price only to select technology integrators either...
Green Cleaning: On Schedule
By Stephen Ashkin
How does a four-day work week affect the environment? A few ways: drastic reductions in crude-oil imports, greenhouse-gas emissions, employee exposure to pollutants, traffic congestion and auto accidents....
Facility Planning: Focused Goals
By James E. Rydeen
Architecture 2030 was established by architect Edward Mazria in response to the global-warming crisis. Its 2030 Challenge urges the architecture and building community to adopt the following targets...
Inside: Environmentalism
Wind-Power Credits Will Offset Energy Use at University of Kansas
The Student Environmental Advisory Board at the University of Kansas has begun buying wind-power credits from an electric utility to offset fossil fuel power to Anschutz Library on the Lawrence campus....
Solar Energy for San Jose Schools
The San Jose (Calif.) Unified School District has completed what is believed to be the largest K-12 solar and energy efficiency project in the United States....
Auburn (Wash.) District's Green Efforts Recognized
The King County, Wash., Green Schools Program has honored the Auburn School District for improving its recycling practices and other conservation efforts....
Homegrown Statistics
Farm to School programs, which connect schools with local farms, are becoming more popular....
Construction Zone: Science/Research Facilities
Cutting-edge labs | ICTAS 1 and ICTAS-A at Virginia Tech
As part of a long-term strategy to bolster and expand research, Virginia Tech wanted to add laboratory, teaching and research space to its campus....
Open to the future | Jefferson Hall-USMA Library and Learning Center at West Point
Last fall, West Point opened the Jefferson Hall-USMA Library and Learning Center on the U.S. Military Academy's Hudson Valley, N.Y., campus....
Learning at "sea" | Simulation Center at California Maritime Academy
California Maritime Academy's new $7.2 million, 21,000-square-foot Simulation Center replicates the feel of being at sea and provides cadets with complex situations commonly faced by maritime crews around the world....
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Gateway to campus | Library Media Center and Faculty Administration Building at Peninsula College
The Library Media Center and Faculty Administration Building at Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Wash., completed in August 2008, creates a gateway to the campus....
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Completing the quad | James E. "Jim" King Jr. Building at Florida State University
Florida State University's new science quadrangle, home to the University's College of Medicine and Department of Psychology, continues to take shape with the completion of the James E. "Jim" King Jr. Building....
Product Solutions
Product Solutions
New products/case studies, including: integrated safety and security system; clear panels; timber sports floors; energy recovery; HVAC service; sports matting; and more....
Web Exclusive
The April 2009 issue includes additional data from the 38th annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges.
38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools
38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Colleges
