Sustainable School Architecture: Design for Elementary and Secondary Schools

Sustainable School Architecture: Design for Elementary and Secondary Schools offers insight into providing designs for public and private schools that are looking to move forward with significant new construction or renovation plans due to expanding school age populations or aging facilities. This text is intended for architects from K.-12 schools primarily, as well as school administrators who are hiring architects secondarily. This is a comprehensive text on sustainable design schools. The book is written by two architects that are experts on sustainable design and is filled with case studies of the best contemporary sustainable schools. This text is 416 pages.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter I An Introduction to Sustainable Schools.
• Chapter 2 Planning Strategies.
• Chapter 3 Design Strategies.
• Chapter 4 Daylighting.
• Chapter 5 Building Structure and Envelope
• Chapter 6 Heating, Ventilating, Cooling, and Plumbing.
• Chapter 7 Landscaping & Site Considerations.
• Chapter 8 Finishes, Equipment and Furnishings.
• Chapter 9 Cost and Bidding Process.
• Chapter 10 Construction.
• Chapter 11 Operations.
• Chapter 12 Maintenance.
• Chapter 13 A look into a Future for Education.