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    How Denver Public Schools Made Students the Center of its Sustainability Plans

    When Trena Marsal joined Denver Public Schools in 1999, the district had no sustainability department. Its buildings, now 56 years old on average, ran on pneumatic controls and massive boilers she calls "energy hogs." Sustainability was treated as a...

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    After AI Comes Robotics. Here's What That Could Mean for School Facilities.

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    Who's Teaching Facilities Leaders How to Lead? Katy ISD Built Its Own Answer.

    Ted Vierling, Chief Operations Officer at Katy ISD, spent 13 years as a principal before moving into facilities. That background gives him an outsider's clarity on a problem most operations divisions never address: nobody is teaching maintenance...

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    Creative Ways to Stretch Your Construction Dollars

    In an era of skyrocketing construction costs and rapid student population growth, Forsyth County Schools in Georgia has developed innovative approaches to maximize their facilities budget.

    At the recent K12 Facilities Forum, Matt Wark, the...

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    Federal Funding Programs to Drive School Building Efficiencies

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    How a Kentucky School District Became the Most Energy-Efficient in the State

    The Warren County Public School District in Kentucky has become a leader in innovative approaches to energy, facilities, and experiential education. But you don’t become the state’s most energy-efficient district by not embracing innovation and...

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