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Jill Nolan (2014). When Allen Rudd first told his staff at the Temple University Health Sciences Campus that they would abandon the chemicals they had long used and start cleaning with tap water, they didn’t exactly boil over with enthusiasm. Rudd, who is the director of custodial services, was instead met with the expected skepticism. (Posted on August 6, 2014).
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Jill Nolin (2014). When Allen Rudd first told his staff at the Temple University Health Sciences Campus that they would abandon the chemicals they had long used and start cleaning with tap water, they didn’t exactly boil over with enthusiasm. Rudd, who is the director of custodial services, was instead met with the expected skepticism. (Posted on August 7, 2014).

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Tristan Roberts (2014). In the only study of its kind to date, the design of classrooms and schools has been found to have significant impact on student performance over the course of a year. Published in January 2013 in Building and Environment, the study found six design parameters—such as color and light—that particularly harm or help individual performance. Together, the parameters meant as much as a 25% difference over the course of a year for an individual. (Posted on August 6, 2014).
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Tristan Roberts (2014). In the only study of its kind to date, the design of classrooms and schools has been found to have significant impact on student performance over the course of a year. Published in January 2013 in Building and Environment, the study found six design parameters—such as color and light—that particularly harm or help individual performance. Together, the parameters meant as much as a 25% difference over the course of a year for an individual.  (Posted on August 6, 2014).

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Christine Sampson (2014). JAMES CITY – School crews and contractors of the Williamsburg-James City school division have been busy this summer working on 19 different projects – all of which are on track to be completed by the time students return to school on Sept. 2, school officials reported this week. (Posted on August 4, 2014).
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Christine Sampson (2014). JAMES CITY – School crews and contractors of the Williamsburg-James City school division have been busy this summer working on 19 different projects – all of which are on track to be completed by the time students return to school on Sept. 2, school officials reported this week. (Posted on August 4, 2014). 

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Ethan Lott (2014). Since the Pittsburgh Business Times published its first list of area LEED-certified "green" buildings or projects, the region has continued to be a leader in green building, as more and more large area projects seek certification for being environmentally friendly. (Posted on August 1, 2014).
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Ethan Lott (2014).  Since the Pittsburgh Business Times published its first list of area LEED-certified "green" buildings or projects, the region has continued to be a leader in green building, as more and more large area projects seek certification for being environmentally friendly. (Posted on August 1, 2014). 

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Jill Nolin (2014). An exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. is highlighting the only state in the union – Alabama – that requires tornado safe rooms in new schools. (Posted on July 30, 2014).
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Jill Nolin (2014). An exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. is highlighting the only state in the union – Alabama – that requires tornado safe rooms in new schools.  (Posted on July 30, 2014).

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Jill Nolin. (2014). George Washington University’s new Milken Institute School of Public Health has garnered the highest honor for its sustainability features. (Posted on July 22, 2014).
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Jill Nolin. (2014). George Washington University’s new Milken Institute School of Public Health has garnered the highest honor for its sustainability features. (Posted on July 22, 2014).

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Lesli A. Maxwell (2014). Upgrading the nation's public K-12 school buildings to a "good overall condition" would cost about $200 billion, according to a new, nationally representative survey released today by the National Center for Education Statistics. (Posted on July 16, 2014).
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Lesli A. Maxwell (2014). Upgrading the nation's public K-12 school buildings to a "good overall condition" would cost about $200 billion, according to a new, nationally representative survey released today by the National Center for Education Statistics. (Posted on July 16, 2014).

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Dawn Killough (2014). Permeable concrete (also called porous concrete, pervious concrete, no fines concrete and porous pavement) is a special type of concrete with a high porosity that allows water from precipitation and other sources to pass directly through, thereby reducing the runoff from a site and allowing groundwater recharge. (Posted on July 15, 2014).
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Dawn Killough (2014). Permeable concrete (also called porous concrete, pervious concrete, no fines concrete and porous pavement) is a special type of concrete with a high porosity that allows water from precipitation and other sources to pass directly through, thereby reducing the runoff from a site and allowing groundwater recharge. (Posted on July 15, 2014). 

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Oklahoma storm shelter advocates have launched a new petition drive that calls on the state to issue $500 million in state bonds that would cover the cost to put in places of refuge in all of Oklahoma’s public schools. (Posted on July, 8, 2014).
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Jill Nolin (2014). Oklahoma storm shelter advocates have launched a new petition drive that calls on the state to issue $500 million in state bonds that would cover the cost to put in places of refuge in all of Oklahoma’s public schools. (Posted on July, 8, 2014).

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Nolin, J. (2014). Think green cleaning has to put you in the red? Not so, say proponents who argue that cleaning can be as friendly to a school budget as it is to the environment. (Posted on June 27, 2014).
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Nolin, J. (2014). Think green cleaning has to put you in the red? Not so, say proponents who argue that cleaning can be as friendly to a school budget as it is to the environment. (Posted on June 27, 2014).

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