Research and Data

Good Buildings, Better Schools:  An Economic Stimulus Opportunity with Long-Term Benefits (PDF)
Report on the need for federal investment in school buildings from the Economic Policy Institute

Greening America’s Schools--Costs and Benefits, October 2006 (PDF)
Report and recommendations on green schools (the AFT is a sponsoring organization)

Illinois Resource Guide for Healthy, High Performing Buildings (PDF)
This report was developed by the Capital Development Board, the Illinois State Board of Education and the Healthy Schools Campaign

Collaboration for High Performance Schools
A California-based initiative to help school districts build school facilities that improve the learning environment while saving energy, resources and money.

Growth and Disparity: A Decade of U.S. Public School Construction, October 2006 (PDF)
A report from Building Educational Success Together (BEST)21st Century School Fund

The Environmental Law Institute
Provides a database of state indoor air quality saws that relate to school environments 

School Conditions Will Continue to Earn Failing Grades
New 2006 study by the Florida Solar Energy Center on condition in schools

Review and Assessment of the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools: An Interim Report, 2006
Prepared by the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, a unit of the National Research Council

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
This organization has comprehensive information on high performance school design

Tools

NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools
From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Schools Indoor Air Quality Self-Inspection Checklist
From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Alphabetical List of all NIOSH Safety Checklists
From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities Resource List

Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities (2003) (PDF)
A publication sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Cooperative Education Statistics System

Renovation vs. New Construction
School Planning & Management magazine, July 2004

Beyond Pesticides
Interactive map with information on state and local pesticide policies