LACCD Sells Bonds to Fund Sustainable Projects
LOS ANGELES 鈥� The Los Angeles Community College District sold $425 million in bonds in April that will go toward funding its $6 billion building program to modernize and renovate…
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School Projects Selected for AIA COTE Awards
WASHINGTON 鈥� The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment selected two schools as part of its top 10 green projects list for 2009. The Charles Hostler Student Center…
CEFPI Awards Students for Green Designs at School Building Week
Arizona Middle School Takes Top Honor WASHINGTON 鈥� The winners of a green school design competition for middle school students were announced at School Building Week, the annual event organized…
University Campuses Can Benefit From Data Center Consolidation
Data centers are becoming the critical link for a variety of university operations. New technologies are allowing for remote access and global distance learning is becoming commonplace. As a result,…
Trendspotting: Declining Enrollment
Enrollment in most school districts across the country is declining. This change in enrollment, coupled with changes in program delivery, is causing district administrators to rethink, resize and retool their school facilities.
People in the News – May/June 2009
A/E/C Stella Koop, AIA, LEED AP, was named director of the K-12 education practice at Wight & Company, an integrated architecture, engineering and construction company based in Darien, Ill….
UCSF Second Only to Johns Hopkins for NIH Money
SAN FRANCISCO 鈥� The University of California, San Francisco received nearly $450 million in research and training grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2008, moving it up the…
High School Renovation Aims for LEED Certification
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. 鈥� Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School will receive an $85 million green makeover from HMFH Architects that will renovate 400,000-square-feet of academic space. Construction will be completed…
College Library Awarded LEED Silver
ROCHESTER, N.Y. 鈥� Roberts Wesleyan College鈥檚 B. Thomas Golisano Library achieved LEED Silver certification, the first college or university facility in the city and only the third college or university library…