Cannon Design Wins Award for University Oratory
AVE MARIA, Fla. — Cannon Design received the Merit Award from the 2008 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel competition for its design of The Parish of…
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CEFPI Announces 2008 Award Submission Dates
SAN DIEGO — The Council of Educational Facility Planners International is accepting applications for the 2008 Planning and Architectural Exhibition Annual Awards ceremony. The annual event is set to take…
Harvard Converts Residential Property into Technology Center
WASHINGTON — A residential structure was redesigned by DMJM Design to house the technology-rich Center for Hellenic Studies for Harvard University, which will be used as an educational center for…
George Mason University Undergoes Major Construction, Renovation
FAIRFAX, Va. — The majority of the 21 projects outlined in a construction plan that was introduced at George Mason University’s Fairfax campus in 2005 will reach completion in 2009….
Performance Contracting Can Benefit Students, Community, Staff
Energy spending at schools is second only to teacher salaries, and 61 percent of schools report shortfalls in energy spending. Bond referendums and annual budgets are often insufficient to cover…
School’s Out for Summer
CrumpWhen school is out for summer, it’s usually summer break for the building’s air conditioning system too. However, this decision can be detrimental, particularly in hot and humid areas of…
Electronically Controlled Window Tinting Helps Schools Earn LEED Certification
ELK RIVER, Minn. — Twin Lakes Elementary School in the Elk River Area School District installed SageGlass’ Electrochromics, a glass tint that is electronically controlled, to help it earn LEED…
$94 Million UCSF Building Aims for LEED Silver
SAN FRANCISCO — Construction of a new $94.5 million Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building at University of California, San Francisco, is scheduled to begin this summer. The 73,000-square-foot building will…
NEC Rewards Star Student Participants with Cash
CHICAGO — NEC Display Solutions of America, a provider of commercial and residential LCD and plasma displays and projectors, expanded its Star Student program to include cash rewards to participating…
New Facilities to Help Stanford Students Study Green Technologies
STANFORD, Calif. — A sustainable building at Stanford University will do more than lower energy costs: the facility will serve as a hub for researching sustainable building technologies and practices….