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2. Open space preservation: an imperative for quality campus environments

Author

Griffith, Janice C.

Subjects
Open spaces -- Environmental aspects, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Universities and colleges -- Planning -- Environmental aspects, School environment -- Management -- Environmental aspects, Education, Company business planning, Company business management, Management, Planning, Environmental aspects
Abstract

The Need to Create a Quality Campus Environment Higher education leaders should reshape their priorities to include the creation of attractive, engaging campuses that are conducive to both activity and [...]

Published
1994

3. Synthesis

Author

Woods, Frank, Patel, Kam, Carlton, Elaine, Avery, John, Wilson, Jeremy, Beckett, Francis, Sherrington, Merrick, Neil, Cour, Peter de la, Hay, John Milton, and Mather, Rick

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Design and construction, School buildings -- Case studies, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Education
Abstract

University campuses are often dispersed geographical sites requiring some form of integration, especially the newly-created universities. Single-sited buildings can be planned and managed so as to overcome the majority of difficulties with space utilisation, although a pleasant environment remains a major consideration for students when selecting a preferred university. University buildings and architectural designs are examined, including their inherent environmental aspects.

Published
1994

4. Here comes UC Merced, ready or not

Author

Fulton, william and Shigley, Paul

Subjects
Merced, California -- Environmental aspects, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Government, University of California -- Planning
Abstract

US Vice President Al Gore remains a keen supporter of the planned University of California campus at Merced, CA, and has pledged to pursue special laws to accelerate the environmental review of the campus development. The 17-square-mile campus is due to be built on highly environmentally sensitive land adjacent to the world's largest unfragmented vernal pool grassland environment. Merced has also welcomed the new university, with the campus and surrounding community expected to contain over 50,000 people. The campus should open in fall 2005.

Published
1999

5. How Planners Kept the Campus Cool -- and 'Green'

Author

BLUMENSTYK, GOLDIE

Subjects
University of California -- Environmental aspects -- Buildings and facilities, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Education, Buildings and facilities, Environmental aspects
Abstract

Byline: GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK Merced, Calif. -- In a valley where 'summer' begins in April and its scorching heat doesn't relent until October, one of the guiding principles in planning the [...]

Published
2005

6. On-Line 'Station' Features Green Guide for Campuses

Subjects
National Wildlife Federation -- Environmental aspects, Information services industry -- Environmental aspects, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Information services -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issues, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Information services industry, Environmental aspects
Abstract

College students interested in greening their campuses can get helpful tips from NWF's Campus Ecology Research Station, a new on-line guide and idea book for conducting environmental projects on campus. [...]

Published
2000

7. Investing in materials management: how the right materials and campus design approaches can promote sustainability

Author

Spruch, Arthur and Brendon, Robert

Subjects
Materials management -- Environmental aspects, School construction -- Environmental aspects, Environmental sustainability -- Influence -- Environmental aspects, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, College facilities -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects, Education
Abstract

VIRTUALLY ALL CAMPUSES are striving for sustainability. As client institutions make their intentions clear, engineers and architects are continuously searching for the most appropriate materials and design approaches--HVAC systems that [...]

Published
2009

8. Gulf Park rebuilding approved

Author

Northway, Wally

Subjects
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Environmental aspects, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Hurricanes -- Mississippi -- Environmental aspects, College facilities -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects, Business, Business, regional, The University of Southern Mississippi -- Licensing, certification and accreditation -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

LONG BEACH -- During its regular monthly meeting in Jackson, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) approved the rehabilitation of the Gulf Park campus for [...]

Published
2006

10. Quinnipiac College sun traps, Hamden, Connecticut

Subjects
Centerbrook Architects and Planners -- Design and construction, Universities and colleges -- Buildings and facilities, Campus planning -- Environmental aspects, Education
Published
1985

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