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Nanni, Robert – School Business Affairs, 1978
A computerized power management project at Leyden Township High School District 212, Illinois, minimizes electrical power usage and gas fuel consumption by controlling the on/off air handling cycle intervals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Air Flow, Building Operation, Computer Science, Electricity
Middleton, William D. – Facilities Manager, 1986
As China undertakes substantial planned educational growth, the challenges of university physical plant administration include adaptation of space utilization analysis and planning techniques, improved economies of scale, increased dependence on community support for housing and other services, increased efficiency in construction, more preventive…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Educational Change, Facility Improvement, Foreign Countries
Reese, Robert – American School Board Journal, 1985
Outlines the cost-saving decisions made by an Oregon school district as it faced a decreasing student population over the past 10 years. The district developed a resource management system that involved all levels of management, including the school board. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Building Operation, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Rocchio, Frank – American School Board Journal, 1984
By using an energy audit, the Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 (Colorado) identified fuel-consuming areas in its schools and reduced the annual increases for fuel from 25 to 5 percent. Six steps to energy savings will work for other districts as well. (JW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Building Operation, Climate Control
American School and University, 1976
Chicago's public schools are getting a major face lift in a $330 million rehabilitation program. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Interior Space
Association of School Business Officials International, Reston, VA. – 2000
This paper examines the impact current maintenance and operations (M&O) practices have on U.S. school performance and offers possible opportunities for improvement through the judicious use of technology and methodology. The paper also presents a regional comparative analysis of M&O costs across the country. A list of equipment and their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
2001
This report analyzes the conditions of school facilities in Contra Costa Unified School District, California. The district had been prohibited from participating in the state's school facilities funding program because of a very heavy debt burden and near-bankruptcy of the district. The report begins by summarizing findings in the areas of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Improvement, Facilities Management, Inspection
Rose, Rod – 1999
This publication summarizes ideas and outcomes of the first-ever symposium on capital renewal and deferred maintenance (CRDM) at New Mexico public institutions of higher education. A preface by Donald L. Mackel of the University of New Mexico reviews state policy concerning facility maintenance responsibilities and the university's CRDM status.…
Descriptors: Capital, Colleges, Conferences, Deferred Maintenance
Glazner, Steve, Ed. – 1999
This book presents six papers focusing on the application of the strategic assessment model (SAM) to the management of higher education facilities. The papers are part of an ongoing effort by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers to provide comparative cost and staffing information and to develop a benchmarking process. The…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Educational Facilities, Evaluation Methods, Facilities Management
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2002
The "Capital Construction Budget Recommendations and Prioritization 2003-2005 Biennium" provides priority and funding recommendations for capital construction budget requests at the Nebraska State Colleges, the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis. The Coordinating Commission for…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Statewide Planning, Budgets, Resource Allocation
Schaefer, John W.; Dole, Edwin K. – American School Board Journal, 1973
Examines the objectives and functions of school maintenance and presents an organizational chart for a school district maintenance department. Asserts that programed maintenance'' and the utilization of data processing techniques are not to be regarded as luxury budget items. (WM)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Cost Effectiveness, Operating Expenses
Abramson, Paul – American School and University, 1973
In a survey of school superintendents, 87 percent of the respondents reveal the use of carpeting in instructional areas. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustic Insulation, Carpeting, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Schools
O'Grince, Sylvester H. – School Business Affairs, 1973
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cleaning, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Constr Prod Technol, 1970
Selected members of the American Association of School Administrators speak out on some prime problems that stem from the original design and construction of existing school facilities. These administrators discuss ways that architects, engineers, contractors, and building product manufacturers can insure that new buildings will better meet future…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Classroom Design, Construction Costs
American School and University, 1983
An interview with the director of buildings and grounds for the Massapequa (New York) Public Schools, Emanual (Manny) Calligeros, reveals a new kind of physical plant administrator who can organize a maintenance and operations budget, evaluate and train personnel, analyze energy use, and negotiate contracts. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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