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Published on November 19, 2024

Creating the Regenerative School profiling case studies from around the world that exemplify best practices in creating healthy, climate appropriate learning environments for early learners through high school with designs that are not only beautiful places to learn, but embrace restorative principles—enhancing the lives of the occupants, the environment, and the community they reside in.

Each project is profiled with eight pages of content including multiple photographs, plans, diagrams and approximately 1,000 words of narrative capturing the unique solutions. Case studies were evaluated on five metrics: • Net-Zero Energy/Carbon Strategies • Healthy, Regenerative Building Attributes • Utilization of Evidence Based Informed Design • Occupant Satisfaction • Post Occupancy Data

The case studies are supplemented with essays from leading subject matter experts addressing topics ranging from: • Evidence Based Design • Occupant Health • Net Zero Energy • Net Zero Carbon • Designing for Resilience in the face of Climate Change • Best Practices in Designing for Safety and Security • Biophilic Design • Pathways to Advocacy

Extensive research, communications, interviews data analysis were utilized in compiling the book with the mission to share knowledge and insights that are vital to creating healthy, regenerative ECE-12 learning environments in all manner of contexts. Outcomes for each project are summarized with regenerative highlights, post occupancy data, certifications received, and client perspectives.

Foreword
Transformative Design
Introduction

THOUGHT LEADER VOICES
Insights and Ideas
Evidence-Based Design
Human Health
Net-Zero Energy Design
Climate Challenges
Equity in Design
Safety & Security
Post-Occupancy Evaluations

CASE STUDIES
Aspen Burlingame Early Childhood Center
Alice West Fleet Elementary School
American International School of Zagreb
American School Foundation of Guadalajara
Anna-Proll Secondary School & Sports Hall
Antonio Brancati Secondary School
Asilong Christian High School
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Benjamin W. Murch Elementary School
Biomass Heating Facility, Hotchkiss School
Blakely Elementary School
Bluestone Elementary School
Bobergsskolan
De Kleine Kapitein
ENC Nture Preschool
Forest Edge Elementary School
Green School South Africa
Home Building at Thaden School
John Lewis Elementary School
Jones Country K-12 School
The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground
King Open / Cambridge St. Upper School and Community Complex
Lakeridge Middle School
Lick-Wilemrding High School Historic Renovation and Expansion
Lincoln High School
Little Star Montessori Infant and Toddler Building
Ludwig-Weber School
NeoCity Academy
Nueva School, Science & Environmental Center
Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School
Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe / School as a Village
Sonoma Academy Janet Durgin Guild and Commons
St. James Intermediate School
Te Mirumiru Early Childhood Education Center
TIDE Academy
Ulysses S. Grant High School Modernization
Will Smith Zoo School
Ydalir School and Kindergarten

CASE STUDIES: ENVIRONMENTAL CENTERS, RETREATS, AND LEARNING CENTERS
Frick Environmental Center
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy - Energy Lab
Kohler Environmental Center
Lapalala Wilderness School

APENDIX
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Resources
Index of Architects