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Assessing Environmental Quality

Poisoned Schools: Invisible Threats, Visible Actions

http://www.childproofing.org/poisonedschoolsmain.html

The Relationship between Environmental Quality of School Facilities and Student Performance. A Congressional Briefing to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science

http://schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu/energysmartschools.html

Indoor air quality

Guidance for Filtration and Air-Cleaning Systems to Protect Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-136/pdfs/2003-136.pdf

Causes of Indoor Air Quality Problems in Schools. Summary of Scientific Research. Revised Edition.

http://www.ornl.gov/ORNL/BTC/IAQ%20review-2nd%20ed2.pdf

Ventilation

Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings.

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/index.html

Definitions of Problems to be Solved

Overcrowding

Early Implementation of the Class Size Reduction Initiative.

http://www.library.ca.gov/html/statseg2a.cfm

Overcrowding in Urban Schools

http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-1/overcrowding.htm

The State of Municipal Services in the 1990s: Crowding, Building

Conditions and Staffing in New York City Public Schools.

http://www.cbcny.org/bofed2.html

Noise

New Standards Should Help Children in Noisy Classrooms

http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues073.shtml

Fican Symposium on the Effects of Aircraft Noise on Children's Learning

http://www.fican.org/pages/sympos02.html

Have You Heard? Noise Can Effect Learning!

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr011.shtm

The Needs Assessment Process

Community Needs Assessment

http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/cdt/commneeds.htm

Capital Need Assessment Survey

http://www.cdb.state.il.us/forms/download/survey.pdf

Renovation and Historic Restoration

Historic Neighborhood Schools Deliver 21st Century Education

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/historic.pdf

CHPS High Performance Schools Manual

http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/high_performance.cfm

Modernizing an Old School.

http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=99

Historic Schools: Renovation vs. Replacement & the Role of a Feasibility Study. http://www.nationaltrust.org/issues/schools/school_feasibility_study.pdf

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Engage Community / Work Publicly / Analyze Existing Conditions / Learner-centered Design / Focus: Teaching and Learning / Educational Specifications / Budget, Construction, Completion / Assess Throughout /

 

 

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