20 Best Practices for Healthy School Construction

摘要

The following checklist provides a useful set of steps that "green" general contractors should consider carefully on school projects to keep the job site clean and, ultimately, to provide a healthy indoor environment for students, teachers, and staff. It should be noted that there is a synergy to these practices: for example, installing walk-off surfaces not only contributes to improved indoor air quality but will probably extend the life of the temporary MERV 8 filters as well. 1. Clean buildings and remove debris daily. A clean job is easier to manage and safer for workers—an important sustainability factor. Mistakes and problems will present themselves much more readily at the time when they are made and easy to correct.