The COVID-19 pandemic and a changing academic landscape caused people to look deeper into school designs, including indoor environmental quality, school operations and cleaning. This session will review building features implemented to keep schools open — or help them reopen. The presenters will discuss how measures designed to protect the health of students and teachers interact with other goals, such as energy savings. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of design and construction resources, methods for keeping schools open during a pandemic, and design features that can reduce the transmission of contaminates.