Creating the Regenerative School profiles case studies from around the world that exemplify best practices in creating healthy, climate appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school with designs that are not only beautiful places to learn, but embrace restorative principles - enhancing the lives of the occupants, the environment, and the community they reside in. Each project will be profiled with eight pages of content including multiple photographs, plans, diagrams and approximately 1,000 words of narrative capturing the unique solutions. Case studies were evaluated on five metrics:
Net-Zero Energy/Carbon Strategies
Healthy, Regenerative Building Attributes
Utilization of Evidence Based Informed Design
Occupant Satisfaction
Post Occupancy Data
The case studies will be supplemented with essays from leading subject-matter experts addressing topics ranging from:
Evidence Based Design
Occupant Health
Net Zero Energy
Net Zero Carbon
Designing for Resilience in the face of Climate Change
Best Practices in Designing for Safety and Security
Biophilic Design
Pathways to Advocacy
Extensive research, communications, interviews data analysis were utilised in compiling the book with the mission to share knowledge and insights that are vital to creating healthy, regenerative ECE-12 learning environments in all manner of contexts. Outcomes for each project will be profiled in the form of post occupancy data, certifications received, and client perspectives.
Foreword
by Rick Fedrizzi & Rachel Hodgdon
Transformative Design
by Lindsay Baker
Introduction
by Alan Ford, Kate Mraw, Betsy del Monte
Thought Leader Voices
Insights and Ideas
Evidence-Based Design
Human Health
Net-Zero Energy Design
Climate Challenges
Equity in Design
Safety & Security
Case Studies
Post-Occupancy Evaluations
Aspen Burlingame Early Childhood Center
Alice West Fleet Elementary School
American International School of Zagreb
American School Foundation of Guadalajara
Anna-Pröll Secondary School & Sports Hall
Antonio Brancati Secondary School
Asilong Christian High School
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Benjamin W Murch Elementary School
Biomass Heating Facility, Hotchkiss School
Blakely Elementary School
Bluestone Elementary School
Bobergsskolan (Boberg School)
De Kleine Kapitein (The Small Captain)
ENC Nature Preschool
Forest Edge Elementary School
Green School South Africa
Home Building at Thaden School
John Lewis Elementary School
Jones County K-12 School
The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and
Sustainability at Sandy Ground
King Open/Cambridge St Upper School and
Community Complex
Lakeridge Middle School
Lick-Wilmerding High School Historic
Renovation and Expansion
Lincoln High School
Little Star Montessori Infant and Toddler Building
Ludwig-Weber School
NeoCity Academy
Nueva School, Science & Environmental Center
Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School
Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe / School as a Village
Sonoma Academy Janet Durgin Guild and Commons
St James Intermediate School
Te Mirumiru Early Childhood Education Center
TIDE Academy
Ulysses S Grant High School Modernization
Will Smith Zoo School
Ydalir School and Kindergarten
Case Studies: Environmental Centers,
Retreats, and Learning Centers
Frick Environmental Center
Hawaii Preparatory Academy - Energy Lab
Kohler Environmental Center
Lapalala Wilderness School
Appendix
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Resources
Index of Architects
Alan Ford, FAIA, of Ford Architects is the author of the internationally released and bestselling 2007 book Designing the Sustainable School. He is a licensed architect with over 40 years of experience in the design of high performance ECE-12 schools. Kate Mraw, LPAs K-12 Practice Director, brings 20 years of educational design experience to her work, leading projects with learner-centered planning. Her research informed approach creates a connection at the intersection of learning and innovative, sustainable environments to improve user experience. Besty del Monte, FAIA, is an architect with 30 years of experience in high-performance design. She is an activist, teacher, and consultant, trying to reach and inspire as many as possible. She lives in Asheville, NC, with her husband, family and two large dogs.
