Tag: Educational Facilities
Bainbridge Island School District Keeps School In Session With Ecostruxure IT
Schneider Electric helps the school district monitor and manage access to information systems distributed across 11 buildings, nine schools, one central data center, and 38 data closets.
Friday Funny: Calling All Kid Artists!
How creative can the students at your school get? Registration is now open for SC Johnson Professional’s annual Happy Hands contest.
$150M High Tech High School Opens In New Jersey
The 350,000-square-foot technical school meets LEED Gold standards, and includes water efficient landscaping, geothermal heating, a green roof, and wind turbines.
Deep Cleaning The Winter Blues Out Of Schools
The school year has just started, but it's never too early to plan ahead: Deep cleaning over the winter break can help create a healthy and safe learning environment.
Strategies For School Security
From training and drills to access control, act with intent and purpose to combat active shooter and other threats.
Eight Tips For Effectively Spray Buffing A Floor
Something of a lost art, spray buffing has resurfaced as a key to stretching floor refinishing cycles, removing stains, and leaving floors with a high-gloss shine.
CHILDGARD Security Glazing Protects Educational Facilities
CHILDGARD security glazing can be used in insulating glass units and paired with high-performance and tinted glass options to meet safety, energy, and other design goals.
Shelter From The Storm
In Moore, OK, the public school district is building FEMA-grade storm shelters to protect against tornadoes.
16 Schools Earn Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grants
The program supports active learning strategies in classrooms where teachers are already striving to implement related practices by installing furniture designed to encourage student engagement and success.
NCPC Focuses On School Safety And Security
There have been at least 200 shootings on school campuses—the most recent in Parkland, FL—and shooting drills are becoming as commonplace as fire drills.
California Schools Recognized For ZNE Strides
The 2017 ZNE School Leadership Awards recognize building teams driving a new zero net energy (ZNE) standard for school environments.
Question Of The Week: How Can Winter Illnesses Be Prevented?
With flu and norovirus season ramping up and expected to last through May, facilities across the country are honing in on illness prevention.
Classroom Faucet, Bubbler From Just Manufacturing
The 100% stainless steel faucet and drinking fountain bubbler protect the quality of drinking water in schools.
Friday Funny: Get Your Crayons Ready!
The start of the new school year brings an exciting opportunity for K-12 students: Registration is now open for Deb Group’s second annual Happy Hands Contest.
New Jersey High School Awarded $65,000 For Classroom Redesign
Selected from more than 950 applications, Toms River High School North is among 15 recipients awarded a Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant.
Is Your School In Compliance With The Safe Drinking Water Act?
NSF International offers resources for school administrators and facility directors to ensure the plumbing products used in schools meet EPA lead-free requirements.
New STEM Activity Desk, Mobile Seating Storage Bins Set
Innovative desk and seating ensemble from Whitney Brothers features surfaces, storage, and functionality purpose-built for STEM activities in Early Learning classroom environments.
School Athletic Center Gets A Makeover
Since Portville Central School’s newly renovated athletic complex opened at the end of January, the New York school has seen increased use of its facilities by students and community members.
New Jersey High School Of The Future Becomes Reality
The school will be among the nation’s first to meet LEED's rigorous platinum standards and requirements for sustainability.
Creating “Better Buildings” With Solar Energy
A program of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Better Buildings Initiative partners with organizations to facilitate and track energy improvements.
Worried About Workforce Shortages? Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead
Join us for this free webinar on Thursday, April 25 and you'll learn the top 5 strategies that facility maintenance pros are implementing to overcome workforce shortages.
View This Free Video Webinar: Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning
A panel of Facility Management leaders discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building
AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.