After reading this article, you should be able to:
- Describe ways to use daylighting and natural ventilation to provide healthy and productive classroom environments in K-12 schools.
- Discuss strategies for optimizing environmentally challenging school construction sites, including brownfields and steeply sloping, heavily wooded sites.
- Delineate several flooring systems that provide robust, durable, and environmentally sensitive systems for use in elementary and secondary schools.
- Understand techniques for mitigating dust, dirt, and debris in K-12 construction sites so as to enhance indoor air quality and occupant health in completed school projects.