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Spotlighting our nation's schools and reinforcing the connection between school facilities and student learning, School Building Week is an annual program supported by the CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Association of REALTORS®, American Institute of Architects and over 35 other organizations.

School Building Week offers an opportunity to illustrate the kind of creativity that students bring to the design process through the student design competition. The competition highlights the importance of well-planned, high performance, healthy, safe and sustainable schools that foster student achievement and enhance community vitality. Dedicated architecture students, architects, and school planners will contribute their time in mentoring middle school students through the competition so that learning about the design and built environment can take place. The annual competition, open to middle school students, challenges student teams to design their schools to enhance learning, conserve resources, be environmentally responsive and engage the surrounding community. The students will present their project to a jury for review.

Submittal requirements – Each team is required to submit a project model, a 3 to 5-minute video or PowerPoint presentation and a 750-word narrative description documenting the planning process and rationale. Supporting materials, such as plans, elevations, perspective drawings, Google Sketchup or other CAD drawings, etc. may be submitted on foam boards and/or tri-fold boards that can be displayed on an easel.

Registration forms, criteria, instructions, curriculum and mentor request forms are available online at http://www.cefpi.org/sbw/competition.html.

Chapter and regional juries will be held in February. Regional juries will recognize both a first and second place winner. The first-place regional winning teams will receive travel and hotel accommodations to participate in the final jury process at the American Federation of Teachers. Students will attend a reception in their honor hosted by the National Association of REALTORS® and spend a day on Capitol Hill with their respective members of Congress. The week's events culminate in the Awards Ceremony at the National Building Museum, where the winning schools will receive cash prizes.

School Building Week Partners

CEFPI Foundation & Charitable Trust
Council of Educational Facility Planners International
National Association of REALTORS®

American Federation of Teachers
National Building Museum
US Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Air Environments
U.S. Environmental Agency, Office of Children's Health Protection

The 21st Century School Fund
Alliance to Save Energy
American Architectural Foundation
American Association of School Administrators
American Institute of Architects
Association of School Business Officials International
Centennial Contractors Enterprises
Coalition for Community Schools
Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A.
District of Columbia Public Schools
Earth Day Network
Fanning Howey
Green School Program of Montgomery County Public Schools
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Heery International, Inc.
Johnson Controls, Inc.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
National Education Association, Health Information Network
National School Boards Association
National School Supply & Equipment Association
Parsons
Polyisocynaurate Insulations Manufacturers Association (PIMA)
Rebuild America's Schools
School Construction News
School Planning & Management magazine
SHW Group LLP
Tandus Corporation
U.S. Green Building Council
URS Corporation