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A Look into the History of School Design

The Institute’s National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities has published a new study that looks back at the designs of school buildings of the recent past, identifying trends in energy consumption, ventilation, heating, air quality, lighting and acoustics. The study, A History of School Design and its Indoor Environmental Standards, 1900 to Today was written by Lindsay Baker, a doctoral candidate in the Building Sciences program of the Architecture department at the University of California, Berkeley. Download the study.