With sensitive renovation, many older structures can house new functions and provide space at less cost. (HS)

Presents drawings of three buildings to show ways of designing for energy conservation, accommodation of the handicapped, and the conversion of surplus schools to other uses. (IRT)

Describes the designs of a number of community junior colleges located throughout the United States, and explains why the designs were chosen. (MLF)

Buildings can be designed in harmony with the natural environment, and new techniques of "active" solar design exist to collect and use solar energy for space heating and cooling. Preservation and reuse of existing buildings and neighborhoods are other ways to conserve energy. (Author/MLF)

The growing interest in historic preservation has sparked interest in recycling existing school buildings. (Author/MLF)

This document incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education on the part of educational administrators. Traditional solutions, continually increasing costs, and the need for greater emphasis on the learning environment…

Text and small black and white photographs reproduced in this booklet outline a slide presentation of the significant design directions that influence the character of school facilities. The locations and names of the schools and the architectural firms accompany the pictures. Energy conservation factors are illustrated by schools of passive or…