The SAGE Mission
The modular building industry in North America is a $14 billion industry with relocatable (or portable) modular classrooms accounting for over $4 billion. With 200,000 classrooms in use around the country, a great number of our students are spending their growing years in these structures. The upsides of modular classrooms are cost, quick installation time and portability. The downsides can be poor quality materials, inadequate natural daylight, noisy and inefficient heating, ventilation and cooling systems and a general impression that they represent low quality and unattractive additions to most neighborhoods. All of these factors correlate with decreased student performance, and an increase in absenteeism and health-related issues. SAGE Classroom is built to address these challenges.
The SAGE Classroom is a relocatable modular classroom that school districts can truly afford. Originating in a partnership between the PSU School of Architecture and Center for Public Interest Design, the SAGE Classroom is designed to improve indoor air quality, take advantage of natural lighting, and reduce indoor contaminants and energy use at little more than the cost of current models. It features low-impact and reusable foundation systems, steel floor structures, portable ramps, and energy efficient HVAC systems. These innovations result in a healthier atmosphere that is more conducive to learning, as well as being a sturdier and more reusable classroom.
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