HOW it works

CHPS Designed schools is one of CHPS recognition programs best suited for school districts and design teams familiar with high performance projects, as it is largely self-governed and self-certified.

When pursuing a CHPS Designed school, project teams utilize CHPS Criteria — which has been developed based on decades of research and on-the-ground implementation — to guide their high-performance school planning, design, execution, and operations strategies, tactics, and products. Like other building certification programs, these criteria underpin a points system.

Project scorecards are available to help design teams manage the points they are claiming. This is a useful tool for school districts and CHPS project managers to monitor compliance with the CHPS credits and prerequisites. It offers a checklist for points earned, and can be used to designate responsible team members and track compliance with credits.

Process

CHPS Designed does not include a third-party review. Accountability for compliance with CHPS Criteria rests on the school district and design team, and CHPS provides a narrative review for credibility and recognition. The CHPS Designed program involves submission of a scorecard tallying prerequisites and credits with short, written explanations of how the project complies with the criteria. 

CHPS Designed submissions are completed at two phases: at the end of design documents (Design Review) and when the building is substantially complete or permitted for occupancy (Construction Review).

Registration fees and CHPS support

• CHPS Members $900

• Non-Members $1,250

(Details about the discounted member rate are available at the top of the project registration form.)

For this review fee, CHPS provides the following services to design teams: 

• Prompt review of the completed CHPS Designed scorecard and narratives describing how the project complies with the CHPS Criteria.

• CHPS Designed Plaque at the completion of the project

• Use of the CHPS Designed logo in conjunction with the project

• Availability of local CHPS representative for recognition ceremony