Middle School

Project

Middle School

Education K-12

, MA | 2023

  • 105K GSF
  • 1 Company
  • 1 Professional

About

This new 105,000 sf middle school replaces an aging and over-capacityfacility built in the 1950s. In addition to modern, flexible learning environments, the new school also emphasizes the wellbeing of its occupants and the environment with its design. Vanderweil’s design efforts included the detailed an all-electric ground-source heat pump system and coordination for a future rooftop PV array PPA for the new school to be fossil-fuel free and net-zero ready.

Project Owner

Public School

Is the project achieving or targeting net zero energy?

Achieving

Is the project Net Zero or Net Zero Ready?

Net Zero Ready

Project Size in GSF

105K

Category of height

Low-Rise

Number of residential units

0

How is the building all-electric for heating?

Ground-source Heat Pump

Is the service hot water all-electric?

Yes

On-site renewable energy

100%

Is the owner purchasing off-site renewable energy to offset all electricity consumption?

No

The construction cost difference from "conventional" to being net zero "ready" (including incentives) for this building is

We didn't calculate the cost premium

Site EUI

35.0 kBtu/sf/year

Net Site EUI

0.0 kBtu/sf/year

The EUI is

Modeled

What is the climate zone for this project?

5A Cool Humid

Project Team

Energy Engineering