News
College Sustainability Report Card Released
CAMBRDGE, Mass.
Read More Houston District Receives $90K Efficiency Reward
HOUSTON — As part of its energy efficiency incentive program, Centerpoint energy company recently awarded a Houston school district more than $93,000 for efforts to reduce its peak electricity demand.
Spring Independent School District received the check as a reward for the total estimated annual kilowatt-hour savings at 10 of its schools.
Gloria Marshall Elementary Sch
Read More New Med School ‘Just What the Doctor Ordered’
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — An opening ceremony for the School of Medicine Research building at the University of California, Riverside was held in March, setting a standard for sustainable laboratory design at the university.
Founding medical school Dean G.
Read More Housing Project Unscathed by Winter
PAXTON, Mass.
Read More Bid Date Extended for Oakland Youth Center
OAKLAND, Calif.
Read More Building Briefs – March 2011
NORTHEAST
Read More Grand Opening of Twin Classroom Buildings at Miramar College
SAN DIEGO — A grand opening ceremony took place recently at San Diego Miramar College to celebrate the school’s new $34.4 million Humanities & Arts and Math & Business buildings.
Trustees Approve $100 Million Campus Master Plan
BELTON, Texas — A new campus master plan approved by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Board of Trustees will lead to construction of $100 million in new facilities in the next three to seven years.
The plan details new construction, as well as strategic renovations, to “create effective academic centers, expanded residential areas, and centralized activity zones for students,” according to a university statement.
Read More School Safety Bill Envisions Interoperable Communications
DENVER — A bill proposed by Colorado State Senator Steve King (R – Mesa County) aims to equip all schools with statewide communications interoperability — the first bill in the nation to propose a system on a statewide scale, according to the senator’s School Safety Summit initiative.
Colorado State Senate Bill 11-173 states that each school day, state educators and school personnel are accountable for the safety of more than eight hundred thousand students — about one-fifth of the total population of the state.
Read More