The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides technical resources for school design, construction, operations and maintenance standards through its extensive design criteria programs and project reviewers. We're a collaborative of school districts, architects, builders, building scientists, health professionals and consultants dedicated to fostering healthy learning environments.
Become a CHPS Member and help advance our mission
Every community across the country deserves the best possible schools—with clean air, good lighting and acoustics, and thermal comfort—that improve student performance, reduce the amount of energy consumed, and are less expensive to run in the long run. Together, we can make this happen!
CHPS Members are a big part of our collaborative! Occupying diverse communities from all across the country, each member contributes a wide-range of ideas, unique perspectives, and helpful resources that help drive our mission.
Join today and help us create new opportunities to further advance our collective vision: improve student physical health, academic performance, mental well-being, and environmental stewardship by creating the best high-performance school environment through educational resources, design criteria and verification.