Kenwood High School Air Conditioning Design

Baltimore County Public Schools is 25th largest school district in the United States and the 3rd largest in Maryland. It supports approximately 115,038 students throughout 175 schools. Gipe Associates has provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for numerous schools throughout Baltimore County Public Schools System. 

Gipe Associates served as the Prime Design Professional for the Kenwood High School project. The project required expedited design (only three months!) and phased construction administration for the installation of central air conditioning. This project involved the design of the HVAC replacement and installation of air conditioning for approximately 250,000SF of the 292,029 SF school. The most recently 2008 constructed portion of the building was not renovated, but chiller and boiler capacity were provided to serve this existing portion of the building. The new system consists of a heating water plant, chilled water plant, and dual temperature (2-pipe) distribution system. The dual temperature system serves roof mounted air handling unit systems including dedicated outdoor air systems, floor mounted recirculation type unit ventilators, and miscellaneous terminal heating equipment. The heating and chilled water central plants consist of gas fired high efficiency condensing boiler, water-cooled variable speed centrifugal chillers, and induced draft variable speed cooling towers. All plumbing piping located within the school’s existing crawlspace will be replaced as part of this project including existing sprinkler piping modifications. Gipe Associates coordinated various architectural, structural, civil, and ceiling work involved to accommodate the new HVAC, plumbing, sprinkler, and electrical systems being installed. Also as part of this project, the school undertook an electrical switch gear upgrade which included a new stand-alone building to house the new switch gear. 

Size: 250,000 sf
Cost: $21 million
Completion: Summer 2018

Project Type: K-12,