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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
March 1, 2003

Sustainability and University Life

By: Dixon B. Hanna

From Volume 31 Number 3 | March–May 2003

Institutions Mentioned: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Santa Clara University, Delft University of Technology, Duke University

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
April 1, 1999

Benchmarking: A New Approach to Space Planning

By: Ira Fink

An alternative approach uses space benchmarking and faculty head count for predicting space needs.

From Volume 27 Number 3 | Spring 1999

Abstract: Examines traditional assumptions underlying space management and proposes an alternative approach to projecting space use. Specifically, the author recommends making projections based on space per faculty rather than space per student, and then comparing these projections with the space allocation at peer institutions. Problems with traditional methods of space allocation are discussed, as is the process of implementing this approach and identifying comparable institutions.

Institutions Mentioned: Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University-Main Campus, University of California-Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, The University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University
Planning Types: Campus Planning

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