2002 - Issue 1

Two recent studies provide evidence that trees and grass around public housing sites can reduce some aggression and deter crime.

Leaders at one urban elementary school turned to researcher Lorraine Maxwell to discover what features influenced the school’s aura of hospitality.

Gary Noskin and Lance Peterson examine how infectious diseases are controlled in today's hospitals.

Advocates of full-spectrum fluorescent lights (FSFL) believe that these lights offer unique advantages over cool-white fluorescent lights (CWFL). Researchers Jennifer Veitch  and Shelly McColl have investigated these claims by reviewing research conducted from 1941–1999.

Fax machines, computers, scanners, and printers are all necessary for the way we work today. Unfortunately, such equipment also adds to indoor air pollution—in some cases quite significantly.

Examining previous studies, researcher William Fisk looked at the connection between air quality and the spread of respiratory illness, cases of allergies and asthma, and sick building syndrome.

Steve Garner studied the difference in sketching use for two sets of design teams, one in the same room with regular graphic media, and one paired by voice and electronic drawing tablet.

An American Academy of Pediatrics Committee and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have come out with updated design guidelines to prevent children from falling out of windows.

It is necessary to consider the safety and security of facility users under abnormal, as well as normal, conditions and for design or management staff to examine their facility plans for both potential trouble spots and characteristics that facilitate help when problems do arise.

Moleski provides information useful for determining the size of a space.