NY-CHPS Version 1.0 High Performance Schools Guidelines  03/24/06

Introducing the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) High Performance Schools Guidelines (NY-CHPS), developed in cooperation with a panel of experts coordinated by NYSERDA, to emphasize criteria that directly contribute to student learning, reduced maintenance, and long building life.

The purpose of NY-CHPS is to provide a framework that helps districts and their design teams design and build sustainable school buildings that enhance the educational environment and facilitate learning. High performance schools optimize resources over the life of the facility, are less expensive to operate than standard buildings, and help to ensure healthy, safe, and high quality learning environments.

Please provide any comments or suggestions that might make this document of greater use in designing New York’s public Schools.  03/24/06