The Schools Design Forum (SDF) is a new initiative by the BRE Trust and the Sustainable Development Commission to progress the aims of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme. The Forum brings together leading practitioners who are committed to bringing about a change in the way sustainability is understood, delivered and shared in schools.
These reports capture the output from an SDF workshop held on 13 September 2006 at BRE, structured around five key questions:
- Method or madness - where are we now?
- Vision for the future - where would we like to be?
- Indicators - how do we measure the vision?
- Harnessing the power of change - turning ideas into reality
- Planning for progress - how do we get there?

They outline the verbatim responses from 60 participants to the workshop programme and provide a stimulating and wide-ranging insight into how the built environment can play its part in making the learning environment more sustainable.


Features / Benefits
Gives an insight into the ongoing discussions by leading practitioners of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Rich source of ideas for future developments.
Structured to match DfES ’doorways’ framework.
Informs discussions on bringing about a step change in sustainability in the education sector.

This package contains both the report of the forum (BR491) and a summary of it (BR492).