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Trend Considerations. Strategies to design and construct sustainable energy-efficient facilities while balancing proven district standards and practices Consideration for achieving a LEED certified or Texas CHPS designed school
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Trend Considerations • Strategies to design and construct sustainable energy-efficient facilities whilebalancing proven district standards and practices • Consideration for achieving a LEED certified or Texas CHPS designed school • Increasing building envelope efficiency as a way to minimize energy loads • Smart Classrooms - Daylight harvesting, indoor air quality, high performance lighting, furniture and interactive white boards • Design buildings as a teaching tool for a learning environment. Examples include: School Gardens, water harvesting tank and touch screens • Adaptive and varied learning spaces that are responsive to new methods of curriculum delivery.Design buildings that are flexible • Standards should look beyond 2011and not be outdated once issued