School

Keeping young minds on-task

Emotion, performance effects

Flexibility, freedom, and comfort

Hao, Barnes, and Jing investigated the effects of college level active learning on educational outcomes; classroom layouts and furnishings can provide more or less support for active learning. 

The Center for the Built Environment at the University of California, Berkeley has presented its 2020 Livable Building Award to the renovation and expansion of Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco.  

Sophisticated test of multiple conditions

The Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer, has released materials that can support the development of energy efficient circadian lighting n classrooms and hospitals. 

Research completed by a Mullen-lead team not only confirms the value of air outside being fresh, but also the advantages of air brought into buildings being “scrubbed.” 

Research confirms that trees do indeed add value to our lives. 

Van den Bogerd and colleagues studied the effects of having plants in a university and secondary school classrooms.