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| CHPS Best Practices Manual |
BPM Volume I – Planning
BPM Volume II – Design
BPM Volume III – Criteria
BPM Volume IV – Maintenance & Operations (M&O)
BPM Volume V – Commissioning
BPM Volume VI – Relocatable Classrooms
BPM Electronic Appendix |
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Download Instructions: Our manual is available for download and viewing for free from this website. The CHPS Criteria (Volume III of the Best Practices Manual) is available free with printing privileges here. If you would like to order a printed version of the manual, click here . CHPS Members can download a printable version of the manual from the CHPS Members' only website. To find out more information about becoming a CHPS member, click here. |
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Volume I - Planning (2006 Edition)
Free Download - Non-Printable Volume I (3.8 MB)
This volume addresses the needs of school districts, including superintendents, parents, teachers, school board members, administrators, and those persons in the school district that are responsible for facilities. These may include the assistant superintendent for facilities (in large districts), buildings and grounds committees, energy managers, and new construction project managers. Volume I describes why high performance schools are important, what components are involved in their design, and how to navigate the design and construction process to ensure that they are built. |
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Volume II - Design (2006 Edition)
Free Download - Non-Printable Volume II (12MB)
This volume contains design guidelines for high performance schools. These are tailored for California climates and are written for the architects and engineers who are responsible for designing schools as well as the project managers who work with the design teams. Organized by design discipline, the guidelines present effective strategies for the design of schools that meet the CHPS high performance school criteria. |
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Download Volume II by Chapter (Non-Printable)
Preface and Introduction (1 .9 MB)
General Conditions ( 0.7 MB)
Site Planning ( 2.1 MB)
Interior Surfaces and Furnishings ( 1.7 MB)
Lighting and Daylighting ( 3.8 MB)
Building Inclosure and Insulation ( 1.5 MB)
HVAC ( 2.8 MB)
Other Equipment and Systems (1.2 MB) |
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Volume III - Criteria
The CHPS criteria are a flexible yardstick that precisely defines a high performance school. The criteria address site and material selection, energy and water efficiency, indoor enviornmental quality and provides sustainable policies and operations to be adopted by school districts. School districts are encouraged to adopt the criteria for their new buildings and major modernizations. State-specific Criteria are available in for the states below. Click to see your Criteria!
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Volume IV-Maintenance & Operations (M&O) (2004 Edition)
Free Download - Non-Printable Volume IV (5.2 MB)
This volume presents high performance guidelines for the maintenance and operation of schools. Information in this volume will help ensure that high performance school buildings continue to operate as their designers intended, providing optimal health, efficiency, and sustainability. |
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Volume V - Commissioning (2004 Edition)
Free Download - Non-Printable Manual V (1.2 MB)
This volume provides important information on commissioning high performance schools—a critical step in ensuring that the technologies and high performance elements are actually built and tested to meet specifications. |
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Volume VI - Relocatable Classrooms (2006 Edition)
Download Non-Printable Manual VI (1.9 MB)
This volume provides manufacturers, school districts and architects the tools and concepts necessary to specify, build and acquire high performance relocatable classrooms.
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| Implementing CHPS Resources |
CA-CHPS Scorecards
CHPS Criteria Credit Interpretations
CHPS Sample District Resolution
Low-Emitting Materials Products List |
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CA-CHPS Scorecards
Download 2006 Edition New School Construction Scorecard (669KB)
Download 2006 Edition Modernization & New Building Scorecard (670KB)
Download 2002 Edition Scorecard ( 0.6 MB)
Download 2002 Sample Scorecard ( 0.6 MB)
This scorecard is a useful tool for school districts and CHPS project managers to monitor compliance with the CHPS credits and prerequisites. The scorecard offers a checklist for points earned, and can be used to designate responsibile team members and track supporting documents for proving compliance with credits.
Based on your project type, use the new school construction, or the modernization and new building scorecard. The Scorecards are Excel files with three worksheets:1) scorecard directions, 2) scorecard, and 3) team member worksheet. (The original 2002 scorecard was developed by Los Angeles Unified School District under a grant from the California Energy Commission and U.S. Department of Energy Rebuild America Program.)
NOTICE: All CHPS projects should now use the 2006 Edition Scorecard and Criteria. To use the 2002 Edition, you must have registered with CHPS by October 31, 2007. |
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CHPS Criteria Interpretations
View Credit Interpretation Form
Have a question about the CHPS Criteria? The CHPS Technical Committee offers credit interpretations for school districts and design teams with a registered CHPS project. Fill out the Criteria Interpretations Form and your question will be emailed to our CHPS experts. You should receive an email response within 2 weeks. Also visit FAQ's on the CHPS Criteria for additional interpretation guidance. |
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CHPS Sample District Resolution
Download Sample District Resolution (32K)
A district resolution can be incorporated into a school districts master design specifications to ensure that all new facilities meet CHPS criteria. In addition, it expresses a commitment by the district to build schools that are healthy, efficient and environmentally friendy facilities to learn and teach in. View the benefits of a signing a district resolution and the current resolutions that have been passed by school districts. |
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Low-Emitting Materials Product List
The Low-Emitting Materials Product List, lists products that have been certified to meet Section 01350— the CHPS Low-Emitting Materials criteria— for use in a typical classroom.
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| Other CHPS Resources |
CHPS Press Kit
CHPS Overview and Training Presentations
CHPS Videos
Interactive CHPS Classroom Demo
Materials and Relocatable Classroom Specifications
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CHPS Overview and Training Presentations
The CHPS overview presentation, Building Better Schools, gives and overview of the CHPS program. It is great for school district presentations.
CHPS offers a number of professional training programs on its Best Practice Manual throughout the year.The following presentations available to download are based on the 2001 Edition of Volume I, II and III of the Best Pracitce Manual and the 2004 Edition of volume IV. To view our current training programs vistit the CHPS Trainings and Events page. |
CHPS Overview Presentation
Download Building Better Schools Presentation (605K)
Download Building Better Schools Speaker Notes (2.2 MB)
Download CHPS 101 Slides (7 MB)
Vol I, II and III Training Slides
Download Introduction to CHPS (0 .9 MB)
Download Lighting ( 1.1 MB)
Download IEQ ( 887K)
Download Material Efficiency ( 472K)
Download HVAC ( 1.0 MB)
Download Site Planning ( 922K)
Download CHPS Criteria (88K)
Volume IV: Maintenance and Operation Training Slides
Download M&O Building Envelope Slides
Download M&O Lighting Slides
Download M&O HVAC Slides
Download M&O Plumbing Slides
Download M&O Recycling Slides
Download M&O Cleaning Slides
Download M&O Landscaping Slides
Download M&O Snow/De-Icing Slides |
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CHPS Videos
Leading experts in high performance design discuss the major design strategies for schools in the CHPS Online Video Series. This eight-video series can be viewed for free via the web. |
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CHPS Interactive Classroom Demo
Learn about high performance features in a CHPS classroom through this interactive classroom demo.
Download the updated CHPS Classroom diagram here - TIF (29 MB). |
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Specifications
Materials
Download Section 01350 (44K)
Download Notes for Section 01350 ( 0.1 MB)
Section 01350 contains model specification language detailing recycled content guidelines and maximum VOC emission rates and testing standards for materials.
Relocatable Classrooms
Download Relocatable Classroom Specifications ( 0.1 MB)
Download Relocatable Commissioning Checklist ( 0.1 MB)
CHPS offers specifications and a commissioning checklist for assistance with high performance relocatable classrooms.. |
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Indoor Air Quality and Health Resources
IAQ Fact Sheet I: CHPS Criteria, Low- Emitting Materials Credit
Download IAQ Fact Sheet I ( 0.1 MB)
Discusses Section 01350, low-VOC materials specifying and the CHPS Criteria.
IAQ Fact Sheet II: Mold Prevention and Remediation
Download IAQ Fact Sheet II ( 0.1 MB)
Discusses mold control in classrooms with resources for designers on preventing and dealing with mold.
IAQ Fact Sheet III: IAQ Case Study
Download IAQ Fact Sheet III ( 0.1 MB)
Discusses how Tahoe Truckee Middle School implemented several strategies to improve indoor air quality at their school.
Indoor Air Quality Documents
Indoor air quality research papers from the Ninth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
Healthier Schools: A Review of State Policies For Improving Indoor Air Quality
Download Healthier Schools: A Review of State Policies For Improving Indoor Air Quality ( 0.1 MB)
This report was prepared by the California Energy Commission's Efficiency Committee to be consistent with the objectives of SB 284 (Polanco), Chapter 498, Statutes of 2002. .
Building Healthy High Performance Schools: A Review of Selected State and Local Initiatives
Download Building Healthy High Performance Schools: A Review of Selected State and Local Initiatives (0.1 MB)
This report was prepared by the Environmental Law Institute, offering a resource to school districts that are planning to build high performance schools. The report illustrates the policies, programs, and practices that have been adopted by states and school districts to incorporate a high performance approach in school planning, design, and construction.
Environmental Health Conditions in California's Portable Classrooms
Visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/pcs/leg_rpt/leg_rpt.htm for more information on the Portable Classrooms Study by the Air Resources Board-Dept. Health Services. |
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Acoustics
Acoustics Fact Sheet I: HVAC Design
Download Acoustics Fact Sheet I ( 0.1 MB)
Contains information pertinent to achieving better
acoustics through HVAC design.
Acoustics Fact Sheet II: 2001 Standard
Download Acoustics Fact Sheet II ( 0.1 MB)
The ANSI/ASA S12.60 New Standard for Classrooms was developed to provide
standards for designing quieter classrooms nationwide.
Acoustics Fact Sheet III: Case Study
Download Acoustics Fact Sheet III ( 0.1 MB)
This fact sheet contains case studies for Cesar Chavez Education Center and
Elkhorn Village Elementary School, outlining the process of addressing acoustics
in their designs.
Relocatable Classroom Acoustical Study - A Practical Application and Solution
The purpose of this study was to test and evaluate the indoor acoustical background sound level in a typical unoccupied relocatable classroom using the new Bard CH Series HVAC heat pump.
http://www.bardhvac.com/pdfs/CaseStudy_Riverside_Acoustical.pdf |
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Commissioning Fact Sheets
Commissioning Fact Sheet I: Overview of Commissioning Process
Download Commissioning Fact Sheet I ( 0.1 MB)
This fact sheet explores how commissioning can help school districts' ensure
their schools are build as high performance.
Commissioning Fact Sheet II: Case Studies
Download Commissioning Fact Sheet II ( 0.1 MB)
This fact sheet looks at how two different California school districts took
different approaches to successful commissioning.
Commissioning Fact Sheet III: The Commissioning Process
Download Commissioning Fact Sheet III ( 0.1 MB)
This fact sheet discusses the various phases of commissioning and what school
districts should expect during the process.
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Contact CHPS with questions: 415-957-9888 or email: info@chps.net |
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