October 14-16, 2003
Designing High-Performance Schools

Location
Cusano Environmental Education Center
86th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard
Southwest Philadelphia and
The Four Points by Sheraton, Philadelphia Airport

AIA Learning Units: 23 health, safety & welfare

Admission fee: $795

Designing High-Performance Schools offers you
a unique opportunity to directly and rigorously apply high-performance design principles, strategies, programs and tools to the assessment and redesign of two existing urban schools.

Join together with expert instructors and colleagues from across the nation to explore innovative case studies of high-performance school planning and design that integrate principles of sustainability with teaching and learning.

During this course you will learn about:
• site considerations
• water conservation
• energy management and daylighting
• indoor air quality
• materials selection and constructability issues
• the impact of building conditions on comfort and learning
• the use of the school as an instructional tool for environmental education

The course is provided by The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development.

Click here to access the course brochure with
on-line enrollment or call 1-800-462-0876.

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co-hosts:
Delaware Valley Green Building Council, a chapter of US Green Building Council and the
Philadelphia AIA,
Committee on the Environment