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Enhancing Building Performance and Environmental Learning: A Case Study of Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Enhancing Building Performance and Environmental Learning: A Case Study of Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Shannon M. Chance, J. Timothy Cole
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466663121|ISBN10: 146666312X|EISBN13: 9781466663138
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch005
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Chance, Shannon M., and J. Timothy Cole. "Enhancing Building Performance and Environmental Learning: A Case Study of Virginia Beach City Public Schools." Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future, edited by Tak C. Chan, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 54-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch005

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Chance, S. M. & Cole, J. T. (2015). Enhancing Building Performance and Environmental Learning: A Case Study of Virginia Beach City Public Schools. In T. Chan, E. Mense, K. Lane, & M. Richardson (Eds.), Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future (pp. 54-73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch005

Chicago

Chance, Shannon M., and J. Timothy Cole. "Enhancing Building Performance and Environmental Learning: A Case Study of Virginia Beach City Public Schools." In Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future, edited by Tak C. Chan, et al., 54-73. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch005

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Abstract

School buildings directly affect their natural and socio-cultural environments. They do this through their construction, maintenance, operation, and demolition. Most of the school buildings we have in stock today drain natural resources and inadvertently perpetuate a culture of environmental, social, and long-term economic ignorance and misuse. When approached thoughtfully, however, the design of school buildings can help inform and enrich society. Well-designed buildings can impart environmental knowledge and values. They can foster more effective behaviors among the people who learn in and from them. Effectively designed buildings can also conserve natural resources and—at their best—even help replenish the natural environment. For many school leaders today, participation in green certification programs represents one important step toward improved building and learning performance. This chapter provides a case study of successful learning approaches developed by Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS).

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