Dive summary:
- Architects Sergio Palleroni and Margarette Leite thought there had to be a better way to handle expanding classes in tax-strapped school districts than the longtime portable classroom standby that was noisy or were prone to high carbon dioxide levels that numbed bright young brains.
- When Portland State University faculty members found their kids in portable classrooms, they knew from studies they had read that it was not how things should be.
- They convened a symposium of a range of professionals, and the result was the Green Modular Classroom (officially Smart Academic Green Environment, or SAGE) that keeps the need for low cost and speedy installation while offering natural lighting and environmental quality.
From the article:
"We realize we’re going to depend on portables for a long time, and that industry isn’t to blame for anything; it has just been responding to desperate need," Leite says....
