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The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research – White Paper, Video & Podcast

The McGraw-Hill Research Foundation and the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), today released a new white paper entitled, “The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research,” at the 2nd Annual Green Schools National Conference in Denver, CO.  The Green Schools Conference is dedicated to growing green schools across the nation. The new white paper, co-authored by Lindsay Baker, Researcher, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley (on behalf of the Center for Green Schools at USGBC) and Harvey Bernstein, Vice President, Industry Insights & Alliances for McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, sheds light on the critical need for research around how the school building—through its design, maintenance and operations—impacts the health and performance of the students in those buildings.

The paper explored research from two perspectives: from the lens of the child’s experience with their built environment, and from how different stakeholders could play an important role in bringing that research to light.

• To download a copy of “The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research,” visit Green Schools White Paper
• Check out white paper co-author Lindsay Baker’s Podcast on The Impact of School Buildings on Student Health and Performance: A Call for Research. (Podcast is an mp3 file, 3 min. 31 sec.)
• Watch this video interview with white paper co-author, Harvey Bernstein.