Creating the Regenerative School

Fords new book, co-authored with Kate Mraw and Betsy del Monte, promotes sustainability and restoration of the environment, featuring case studies from around the world that exemplify best practices in creating healthy, climate-appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school. The book evaluates projects on five metrics, including net-zero energy/carbon strategies, healthy, regenerative building attributes, utilization of evidence-based informed design, occupant satisfaction, and post-occupancy data. Essays from leading subject-matter experts address topics such as 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, and pathways to advocacy. Extensive research, communications, interviews, and data analysis were used to compile 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.

Format: Hardback
Length: 364 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2024
Publisher: Oro Editions

Fords new book, co-authored with Kate Mraw and Betsy del Monte, pushes sustainability beyond doing less harm to restoring and revitalizing the environment. Architectural Record's 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 also 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, and 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, and 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.

Dimension: 254 x 229 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781957183749