A view into the workings of GPA

Lisa Gelfand, AIA, LEED AP, has written a new book, Sustainable School Architecture. It’s an easily readable guide to the design of high performance, energy efficient schools – both new and modernized — that takes you through the process from preliminary community-based design through opening day.

The book contains a generous allotment of photographs, illustrations and diagrams. It provides valuable information on the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating systems, and includes guest essays by experts on sites, acoustics, systems, maintenance and operation of sustainable schools. Sustainable School Architecture includes case studies of the best contemporary sustainable schools in urban, suburban and rural communities around the world, and a section of color plates which bring these and other schools to life.

Available now on Wiley.com or Amazon.com.