May 2009
Cover Story
Built to Last
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Early proponents of sustainable-design strategies provided facilities that are fulfilling their promise to save energy and improve education....
Features
35th Annual Official Education Construction Report
By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Spending on construction by the nation's education institutions increased in 2008, reversing four years of declines in total annual expenditures...
Efficiency Goals
By Donald Graham
Education institutions can save energy with smart lighting choices....
Editor's Focus
The Big Event
By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
In this difficult economy, schools and universities are being forced to cut all aspects of operations, but the need for knowledge and insight is still crucial....
Know-How
Security/Life Safety
By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Simple, inexpensive steps to improve school building security....
Viewpoint
Green Cleaning: A Green Launch
By Stephen Ashkin
Four steps will help a school or university launch a sustainability program or improve an existing one....
Facility Planning: From the Ground Up
By James E. Rydeen
One sustainable-energy source with great potential is geothermal power — energy generated from heat stored in the Earth. Installations have been made in schools of all sizes....
Inside: Funding
Impact Aid Available from U.S. Education Department
The U.S. Department of Education has made $108.8 million in funding available for targeted students and communities....
Interior Funds Will Improve Indian Tribes' School Facilities
The U.S. Department of the Interior is allocating more than $277 million for school construction, repairs and improvements for Indian tribes across the nation....
House Committee Passes Bill Supporting Green School Construction
The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee once again has passed the 21st Century Green High Performing Public School Facilities Act....
Recovery Funds for Schools
Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act available from the U.S. Department of Education as of May 1, 2009....
Construction Zone: Renovation/Adaptive Reuse
A collaboration | Library at public elementary school P.S. 58 in Brooklyn
The library at P.S. 58, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, represents a collaboration among parents and administrators who participated in the project's design and fund-raising activities....
State-of-the-art reuse | University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University
The $45 million University Center for the Arts) at Colorado State University included the transformation of the 1924 Fort Collins High School into a performing-arts center....
A complex transformation | Laboratory and Office Building at Weill Cornell Medical College
A century-old former Rolls Royce showroom in Manhattan, now is a seven-story, 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art laboratory and office building for Weill Cornell Medical College....
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A nurturing renovation | Community School in Ladue, Mo.
Construction has begun on a $6 million expansion and renovation project at Community School, Ladue, Mo. Work to construct a new leadership wing, expand the kitchen, renovate the main entrance and widen the school's driveway is the largest component of an $8 million capital campaign launched in 2007....
Product Solutions
Product Solutions
New products/case studies, including: going solar, efficiency goals, lighting shades, secure locks, improved hand dryer, and more....
Web Exclusive
The May 2009 issue includes additional data from the 35th Annual Official Education Construction Report.
