High Performance Schools

Is This a High Performance Learning Environment ?

How Do We Know That Our Buildings Are 'Unhealthy' ?

 What’s The Common Denominator ?

Staff/Community Input

High Performance Schools ….

Cause & Effect

Planning for How Far Ahead ?

Design Process

In the Beginning ...

Micro-climate Influences

Opportunities & Constraints

"Respect for life"

Reality !

Why the Concern ???

Pitched Roofs vs. ‘Flat’ ?

The Right Form ???

New Middle School

Daylight Modeling

Leakage ?

Integrity of the ‘Joints’

Just the way we drew it ?

 The Evolution of IAQ

Indoor Air Quality

Displacement Ventilation Concept

Lighting

Acoustics

The ‘Big Picture’

Design for
Maintenance

Construction Area Containment

Commissioning

Social Dynamics and Psychology of Color

Schools As Centers of Community

$  ~ The 5th Dimension

Finally, a National Standard

The Formula for Success

Letter of Reference

The Bottom Line

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