HEALTHY SCHOOL DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION Healthy Schools Construction Committee July, 2003 Acknowledgments: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals. Tang Lee, Architect, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Art McLaughlin, P.Eng. Environmental Specialist, OCL Group-Environmental Management Consultants, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gary Oberg, M.D., physician/author… read more →
Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse, edited by Madeleine Kangsen Scammell and Charles Levenstein Updated: 04/11/2014 Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, New York, http://baywood.com, edited by Madeleine Kangsen Scammell and Charles Levenstein, 2014. Parents should be able to assume that school buildings are healthy places for children, but… read more →
The following article was featured in the Winter 2001 issue of AVISO, the magazine of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union. CASLE recognizes that articles such as this can raise the level of knowledge about indoor air quality and can help prevent harm to teachers’ health and well being. Sick Schools… read more →
History Carpets have qualities that we like to live with, such as sound dampening, slip prevention and just a softer place to sit on the floor. In lower elementary grades sitting on the floor is part of most days. It seemed like a good idea at the time.For many years… read more →
Mould and School Indoor Air Quality This document is intended for school administrators, staff, parents, students, and anyone concerned with mould problems in schools. Indoor mould overgrowth can be a common problem in schools, often with serious health concerns. Some individuals are more sensitive to mould exposure than others. Whether… read more →