Buildings
School buildings should assist with the school’s educational mission by providing good learning environments, serving as a learning tool and connecting to the community. Ideally they are sited, designed, constructed and operated to optimize student learning and health, as well as to optimize environmental, social and economic sustainability considerations.
Buildings - General
BetterBricks
Site from Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, includes a variety of information for high performance school facilities.
“Building Healthy, High Performance Schools: A Review of Selected State and Local Initiatives”
2003 Report from the Environmental Law Institute
CalRecycle
State of California website for High Performance Schools
Cascadia Green Building Council
Organization provides training, events, programs and information
Center for Green Schools
Schools site from the US Green Building Council
Center for Innovative School Facilities
Organization website has various resources
Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
National program to facilitate the design of high performance schools.
“Greening America’s Schools: Costs and Benefits”
Report from Capital E by Gregory Kats
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
The LEED for Schools standard is one of a growing set of LEED standards for rating green buildings
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Green building for schools website covers multiple topics such as Energy, IAQ, Facilities, Education, Landscaping, Water Conservation, Daylighting, Integrated Pest Management and more
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF)
Extensive resource lists for many aspects of sustainable school facilities including planning, design, IAQ, toxics, resource conservation, operations, case studies, facility impact on learning, community use
Oregon Building Congress
Sustainable Building Initiative from OBC
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
Sustainable Design for Schools website
Whole Building Design Guide
Website of this program of the National Institute of Building Sciences
Case Studies
Oregon Department of Energy
High performance schools page, case study links on right side
Building Commissioning page, case study links on right side
Daylighting
Guide for Daylighting Schools
Student Performance in Day lit Schools
Study analysing performance of students in daylit schools, by Innovative Design, Inc., Michael H. Nicklas and Gary B. Bailey 1996.
Daylighting in Schools; Heschong Mahone Studies
Daylight and productivity studies by Heschong Mahone Group
Existing and Historical Buildings
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
LEED standard for Existing Buildings (LEED EB)
The Greenest Building
Film discussing the significance of older buildings to sustainability, including schools,
Natural Disasters
Natural disasters and Oregon schools
Training Opportunities
Online Training: High Performance School Design
High performance school design online training program from New York.