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emergency exit

Residence Halls and Emergency Evacuation

It's both big things and little things that come together to ensure student safety when evacuating a residence hall in an emergency. Here are three things to take into account.

roof

My Roof's Got a Hole In it...

Each roof leak is an opportunity to fail. As always, planning for all possible alternatives in advance will pay dividends in the future.

lighting

Lighting for Humans

How the latest lighting technologies enhance student success, safety, and engagement.

campus housing

Campus Housing: Back to Basics

As we do each year, College Planning & Management recently surveyed college and university housing administrators to learn about the state of their facilities, what challenges they are facing, what the trends are in new facilities, and what improvements they would like to see in their residential life programs and accommodations. Here are some results and observations from that survey.

learning environment

New Wine in Old Bottles

Imagine the opportunities that could be created in the learning environment if there were 50 or even a 100 points of light in each classroom that could be controlled individually or grouped in zones.

disaster response

Planning Disaster Responses

Many different kinds of disasters can strike your school. Are you prepared to respond?

wildfire

Wildfires Go to College

It doesn't happen often, but every now and then a wildfire threatens lives and property at a college or university campus.

Wallace School Iowa

Specifier's Report: Outfitting 21st-Century Educational Facilities

Here's what administrators have to say about specifying products that best serve the needs of the school or district.

roof

A Prescription for Healthy Roofs

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure when it comes to roof maintenance.

mechanical systems

Control Freaks

Optimizing School Mechanical Systems By Paying Attention.

purchasing and procurement

Educated Buying

Building and maintaining diverse purchasing and procurement capabilities for colleges and universities is educated buying.

Northland Pines High School

Intelligent Schools

K-12 school buildings that automatically manage and control utility costs 24-hours a day.

students

Authentic Experiences

The key to engaging students in learning.

University of Windsor

Bringing Out That Community Feel

A landscape reboot at the University of Windsor makes for a more cohesive, competitive, and inviting campus.

flooring

Flooring for Learning Spaces

Choosing the right flooring for lecture halls and classrooms will have an impact on acoustics, aesthetics, maintenance, and more.

smart campus

The Future of Higher Education: Smart Campuses

From the IoT to self-driving cars, college and university campuses are becoming more efficient and productive with the development and deployment of new technologies.

Organic Learning Environments

Creating Organic Learning Environments Through Sustainable Design

The structure and surrounding landscape can be active learning tools.

health care training

Experiential Learning in the Health Sciences

Design strategies to support learning are smoothing the transition from learning environment to care setting for health care training.

flooring

"Both/And"

Like many things in life, flooring decisions are not always easy 'black or white' decisions.

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