ARCH 484/584: Intermediate Architecture Design Studio

Provides an assessment of the potential human health and performance benefits of improvements in the building envelope, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustical quality. The report also presents an assessment of the overall building condition and student achievement, and offers an analysis of and recommendations for planning and maintaining green schools including research considerations.

Sustainable School Architecture is a guide to the planning, architecture, and design of schools that are healthy, stimulating, and will conserve energy and resources. Written with the needs of architects, construction professionals, educators, and school administration in mind, the book provides a road map for sustainable planning, design, construction, and operations.

This book presents 18 in-depth case studies of net zero energy buildings--low-energy building that generate as much energy as they consume over the course of a year--for a range of project types, sizes, and U.S. climate zones.

In addition to the presentation of selected projects, the focus is on relaying knowledge and experience gained by planners and builders. Project examples that have already been implemented prove on a practical basis that the objective of a zero energy balance is already possible today.