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PPS Project for Public Spaces
http://www.pps.org
PPS Project for Public Spaces
PPS's staff is trained in environmental design, architecture, urban planning, urban geography, environmental psychology, landscape architecture, arts administration and information management.
The staff also collaborates on projects with architecture, landscape architecture and engineering firms, graphic design firms, transportation consultants, retail planners and community organizations. All of our staff are committed to the cause of communities throughout the United States and abroad.

Sustainable Schools
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/
Sustainable Schools
The Sustainable Schools area of Teachernet is designed to support schools on their journey to sustainability, introducing the principles of sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these principles into the heart of school life.
The site provides useful information for all sectors of the school community, including the leadership team, the management team, teachers and parents, and offers a number of excellent online and downloadable tools (auditing, benchmarking, environmental assessment) to help schools identify the best route to becoming more sustainable.
The Sustainable Schools site is designed to help school managers and teachers to assess current practice, and to decide where to go next.
In the Tools section you can access a number of school improvement tools. These help schools assess current practice, identify areas for improvement, and begin the process of change.
| S3: Sustainable School Self-evaluation Tool | Chronos for Schools e-Learning Tool | Think Leadership Auditing & Benchmarking Tool | Leading for the future Professional Development Course | WWF Wholeschool Pathway Tool | LTL Schools Grounds Evaluation Toolkit | Waste Watch School Auditing Tool |

Design Features for Project-Based Learning
http://www.designshare.com/Research/Wolff/Wolff_DesignShare_3_7_02.pdf
Design Features for Project-Based Learning
32 design features of the physical learning environment that support and enhance collaborative, project-based learning.

School Building Assessment Methods
http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/sanoffassess.pdf
School Building Assessment Methods
Framework to assist educators in determining whether a school and classroom spaces enhance or detract from the learning process.

21st Century Schools
http://www.buildingfutures.org.uk/pdfs/pdffile_32.pdf
21st Century Schools
This report voices some strong opinions and recommendations. Not everyone will agree with these, and some may find them challenging. Time will tell how many of them prove to be prescient, but in the meantime it is hoped this report will demonstrate that it may be hard to predict how our schools will be delivering teaching and learning even in ten years time. At the very least we need to be designing the school buildings of the future to be permissive rather than prescriptive - otherwise we could find ourselves having to embark on the next campaign of school building sooner than we would like.

Impact of School Buildings on Learning
http://www.ia-sb.org/schoolfacilities/research.asp
Impact of School Buildings on Learning
Good facilities appear to be important to student learning, provided that other conditions are present that support a strong academic program in the school. A growing body of research has linked student achievement and behavior, as well as staff morale, to physical building conditions.

DesignShare : International Forum for Innovative Schools
http://designshare.com/
DesignShare : International Forum for Innovative Schools
DesignShare is the central address for the very best in educational facilities and their impact on the learning process. DesignShare provides an invaluable service as a facilitator of ideas and resources about best practices and innovation in schools from early childhood through the university level.
DesignShare reaches an international community of professionals. Almost 20,000 architects, planners, educators, and facility decision makers visit the site each month. Architects who specify products for schools and universities make up over half of DesignShare's total readership.
Architects from 16 countries share detailed plans, narratives, furniture layouts, cost data and photographs of their work. Design firms share their work to help clients learn about their approach, and to foster collaboration with other professionals.

The Connected Real Estate framework
http://www.verticalcisco.com/FileStore/Education/Newsletter/World_Class_whitepaper.pdf
The Connected Real Estate framework is based on a secure intelligent information network using the Internet Protocol (IP) as a communication standard. This network is the same as the networks that are already used to connect many different types of properties around the world ?such as businesses, shopping malls, hotels and airports.
Until recently, however, integrating building systems with these networks was hampered by their use of different data standards and protocols. Usually, as shown in Figure 1, each building management function required a separate network ?costly in terms of installation, integration and maintenance. Multiple proprietary networks also resulted in buildings that were complex to operate and had limited opportunities for automation.
Education is undergoing a transformation to meet the needs of our information society and digital economy. ICT (information and communication technology) is playing a critical role in this and both the government and academic community have been investing in Electronic Campuses, developing digital curricula, and building richer and more flexible ways of learning.

Design your own classroom : online application
http://www.atschool.org/materials/classroom/buildaclass/
Design your own classroom with Teaching Matters, Inc.
This tool allows you to create an ideal floorplan and hardware setup for your classroom.
When you enter the room, use your cursor to click and drag these desks into place on the yellow floorplan, either in the arrangement you have currently, or a new desk arraignment you would like to try.
Position other furniture in the room such as teachers' desks, work tables, bookshelves and chalkboards.
Drag the technology elements from the inventory area into the classroom and position them where you think they would be best used.
Consider the following issues as you build: cost, accessibility, flow through the classroom, learning centers, security, and distribution of technology among students.

Harry designs, constructs and maintains playgrounds
http://www.harrypearsonplaygrounds.com.au/designs01.htm
Harry designs, constructs and maintains playgrounds : An enlarged view of each design may be obtained by clicking on each photo
Harry designs for Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers, Juniors and Seniors - for supervised or unsupervised playgrounds.
All work is to Australian Standards and where appropriate, Creche & Kindergarten Standards.

Playground Designs
http://www.playmaster.com.au/playgrounds.php
Playground Designs
Playmaster have an extensive range of playground solutions to meet the needs of the children who will use them and also the budget requirements of the adults purchasing them. (Australian Company)

Managing Schools during Construction Projects
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/msdcp-00.asp
Managing Schools during Construction Projects
It is aimed principally at Head Teachers (HTs) and school management teams to assist them in planning and managing the tasks they are likely to face during a major construction project at their school. It will also be of general interest to local authority project managers, design teams and contractors who are involved in school building projects.

Class Set-Up tool
http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_setup/
Class Set-Up tool is a new, easy-to-use, virtual layout tool that helps you design customized and effective classrooms to promote learning. Use this tool to rearrange and set-up mock classrooms, and map out virtual seating charts

School Air Quality
http://healthandenergy.com/school_air_quality.htm
School Air Quality | Why Indoor Air Quality is Important to Your School | Indoor Air Quality and Student Performance | Sick Schools Can Mean Sick Kids | Mold in Schools and Other Buildings | Indoor Air Quality in Schools | Indoor Air Pollution |

Indoor air quality (IAQ) Design Tools for Schools
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schooldesign/
Indoor air quality (IAQ) Design Tools for Schools
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a critically important aspect of creating and maintaining school facilities. IAQ Design Tools for Schools provides both detailed guidance as well as links to other information resources to help design new schools as well as repair, renovate and maintain existing facilities. Though its primary focus is on indoor air quality, it is also intended to encourage school districts to embrace the concept of designing High Performance Schools, an integrated, "whole building" approach to addressing a myriad of important ?and sometimes competing ?priorities, such as energy efficiency, indoor air quality, day-lighting, materials efficiency, and safety, and doing so in the context of tight budgets and limited staff.

Building-Cost.net
http://www.building-cost.net/
Welcome to Building-Cost.net. In about 5 minutes you can develop a home construction or replacement cost that considers all the important variables: materials used, design features, quality, size, shape, heating, cooling and geographic area. Your printed estimate shows detailed labor and material costs for each of 34 construction cost categories. Plus, it's FREE!

School building design, resources and finance (UK)
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/resourcesfinanceandbuilding/
School building design, resources and finance (UK)
This section includes information on the school design and building and sources of finance.
Here you will find information on school buildings, purchasing and asset management as well as details of useful sources of additional funding (including capital funding) and information about Voluntary Aided Schools funding. You will also find information on schools land and property issues, which includes schools playing fields.