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CONTENTS { MARCH 2019 | VOLUME 58 | ISSUE 2 }
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ON THE COVER
10 MAKING SCHOOL
BUILDINGS SMART
Can you define an intelligent building? The term has gained wider and wider recogni- tion since the 1980s. Today, after nearly 40 years of varied meanings, the term “intel- ligent building” is beginning to achieve a fixed definition. BY MICHAEL FICKES
COLUMNS
8 SAFETY&SECURITY 9 BUSINESSPRACTICES
DEPARTMENTS
3 NEWS&VIEWS 3 ONWEBSPM.COM 3 ASKTHEEXPERT
26 BUILDINGBLUEPRINTS — Historic Renovations
PRODUCTS
33 CASEHISTORIES 34 PRODUCTSHOWCASE 34 ADVERTISER INDEX
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28 CONTROL FREAKS
A well-designed energy savings program offers an additional benefit to facilities op- erations in the form of detecting abnormal issues with mechanical systems. BY ANDREW LAROWE AND MIKE RAIBLE
32 KEEPING SCHOOLS HEALTHY Keeping schools healthy starts before the kids get to school. The buses used to trans- port students to and from schools every day may be contaminated with germs. Why isn’t more time spent on keeping school buses clean and healthy? BY ROBERT KRAVITZ
FEATURES
{ FACILITIES }
14 “BOTH/AND”
The many functions of high school spaces call for flooring with diverse yet interrelated qualities and benefits. So, like many things in life, flooring decisions are not always easy ‘black or white’ decisions. BY SCOTT BERMAN
21 AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES
The key to engaging students in learning
is to capitalize on their unique passions, talents, and interests and connect them with supportive, positive adults who have high expectations. BY STAFF
24 CREATING ORGANIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN We tend to think of buildings as static ob- jects when, in fact, they are organic environ- ments that interact with their human inhab- itants. The structure and the surrounding landscape are not passive spaces but can be active learning tools. BY TOM HAYMES
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Corrections
Vanir Construction Management, Inc. was accidentally omitted in the photo credit for the Cover image in the January/February issue. We apologize for the omission and any confusion that it created.
COVER PHOTO
Berlin High School, Delaware, Ohio.
PHOTO BY WILLIAM MANNING PHOTOGRAPHY, COURTESY OF FANNING HOWEY