project context
CAPS
sustainable case studies
examples to be considered for Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies
Woodward Academy Middle School Campus. Sustainable strategies provide outdoor environmental learning opportunities. Perkins + Will created a new middle school campus for 550 students at Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia with a classroom building, dining hall and arts building enclosing a middle school quadrangle. The facility is LEED Certified-Silver for sustainable design. It is heated and cooled by a geothermal field of piping extending under the courtyard in front of the building. The building is oriented for north-south exposure maximizing energy efficiency. Many recyclable finish materials (i.e., linoleum and wood) were used. Storm water management strategies include bioretention gardens in the landscape design which clean the water and serve as detention facilities as well as the use of a green roof on the art building. The dining hall opens onto the quad with a tree covered patio to accommodate outdoor dining. All of the arts classrooms face north and have full glass walls to flood the space with natural light. Daylighting strategies such as building orientation and sunscreens reduce heat gain and glare while allowing natural light and reducing energy costs. The bioretention gardens lessen storm water to the municipal drainage system and also provide outdoor learning spaces for students.
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