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New Interconnected Middle School

The Middle school will is approximately 205,000 SF, serving 650 Students.  Mechanical design aligned with LEED Silver Standards.  The Heating and Cooling Design for the facility was designed for a Water-Cooled Geothermal Central Plant System served by 522, 400ft deep closed loop geothermal wells within the earth, serving as the Heat Sink (Cooling) and Heat Source (Heating) for the entire School.  The geothermal system provides simultaneous heating and cooling via a hydronic 2-pipe system serving Water Source Heat Pumps (WSHP) throughout the building.  Packaged, Water Cooled Single Zone Variable Air Volume (SZVAV) Air Handlers serve all Large Volume spaces such as the Auditorium, Main and Auxiliary Gymnasiums.  Much of the Ventilation for the building is supplied by Mezzanine housed Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERV) that utilize heat and moisture capture systems to provide a very efficient system to condition the Code required Ventilation throughout the Building.  The ERV’s are served by a Dual Temperature 2-pipe Hydronic system where Chilled water and Hot water are generated by Water-to-Water Heat Pumps (WWHP).  The heat sink/source for the Dual Temperature WWHP is the Geothermal Wellfield.  Domestic Hot Water is provided via gas-fired condensing type water heaters.  The Total Cost of the 205,000 SF project is $104.9M.

Project Type: K-12,

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