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Campus Operations Best Practices

5 ways to deliver a higher degree of care for colleges and universities
Nov. 18, 2024
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Care for your campus with smarter solutions

5 ways to deliver a higher degree of care for colleges and universities
Nov. 18, 2024
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Refrigerants for HVAC: Current U.S. Regulations & Future Sustainability

Join our webinar to uncover how HVAC refrigerants impact greenhouse gas emissions, explore new regulations and alternatives, and find the balance between safety, performance, ...
Sept. 24, 2024
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Strategies for Curbing Costs & Carbon on Campus

Uncover solutions for colleges and universities to reduce carbon footprints, lower energy consumption, and boost resilience with an eye on the bottom line.
Aug. 29, 2024

Planning & Design

Shepley Bullfinch
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Facility for Catholic archives is being built at Boston College

The 44,000-square-foot facility will store records of congregations and religious orders that have ceased operations.
Jan. 10, 2025
Calvert County School District
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Calvert County (Maryland) district is building a replacement middle school

The new Northern Middle School in Owings is being built just north of the existing school.
Jan. 10, 2025
Morehead State University
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Residence hall construction under way at Morehead State University

The $38 million Prefontaine Hall will provide housing on the Morehead, Kentucky, campus for 310 students.
Jan. 10, 2025
Boulder Valley School District
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Boulder Valley (Colorado) district opens new facility for alternative high school

The $51 million facility for New Vista High School is replacing a building constructed in 1952 as a middle school.
Jan. 8, 2025

Construction

Virginia Department of Education
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Virginia's governor's budget proposal seeks an additional $290 million for school construction

More than half of the school buildings in Virginia are older than 50 years, the state says.
Dec. 16, 2024
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Knowledge Center: A hands-on approach

Students know the health benefits of handwashing, but don't always make the effort, a survey says.
Oct. 4, 2024
Los Angeles Unified School District
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$70 million upgrade will add classrooms, kitchen to Los Angeles elementary

The additional space will reduce the school's reliance on portable classrooms.
Oct. 3, 2024
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Workers install a replacement roof at the Clarkson University Recreation Center in Potsdam, New York.

From an afterthought to essential

Proper care and maintenance of roofs can help extend the life of an education facility.
Oct. 3, 2024

Energy

Kean University
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Students from mold-contaminated New Jersey elementary have been moved to a college campus

Kean University in Union, N.J., will provide classrooms for the rest of the academic year for students from Hannah Caldwell Elementary in Union.
Nov. 18, 2024
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Taking advantage of simultaneous heating and cooling with hydronic heat pumps gives colleges and universities an opportunity to achieve partial decarbonization while providing a funding source for future sustainability projects.

Pumping up energy savings

Funding decarbonization strategies through heat pump adoption.
Nov. 5, 2024
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A new VRF system has helped St. James the Greater Catholic School in Oklahoma City gain better control of comfort levels in each classroom.

A Variable Approach

Schools can enhance facility comfort with a Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC system.
Oct. 3, 2024
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Mold forces New Jersey elementary to shut down

Students from Laura Donovan Elementary School in Freehold are being relocated to other campuses while the district carries out remediation.
Sept. 3, 2024

Maintenance & Operations

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University of Houston says deferred maintenance needs top $700 million

Deferred maintenance needs in 2024 have risen 35% since 2020, university says.
Dec. 16, 2024
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How to Acquire Cleaning Innovation for Your School

When it comes to school facility maintenance, the benefits of acquiring innovation are obvious. What is less obvious is how to get innovation into the building. Summer Lightner...
Dec. 1, 2024
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Antietam High School in Reading, Pennsylvania

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Funding change in Idaho leaves some districts short on maintenance money Some school districts in Idaho are struggling to cover routine maintenance costs — even as the state...
Oct. 4, 2024
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Editorial eBook: Surface Choices

Learn about the various types of flooring used in education facilities and which flooring types are most suited to the different areas and functions in a school.
Aug. 19, 2024

Safety & Security

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Anti-hazing legislation signed into law

The Stop Campus Hazing Act requires colleges to start collecting and disclosing hazing statistics.
Dec. 27, 2024
Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation
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Foundation says it has reached fundraising goal for new school in Uvalde, Texas

$60 million has been raised for a campus to replace Robb Elementary, where 19 students and 2 teachers were shot to death in May 2022.
Dec. 17, 2024
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3 dead, 6 injured in Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting

The suspected shooter, a 15-year-old student, fatally shot a teacher and another student at Abundant Life Christian School; the shooter died by apparent suicide.
Dec. 16, 2024
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Students moved out of classrooms at Florida elementary after death of teacher linked to Legionnaire's disease

A 61-year-old teacher at a St. Petersburg elementary tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease; the Pinellas County district has moved students...
Dec. 9, 2024