Chestnut Hill Academy's Rorer Center for Science and Technology Achieves LEED Gold!

The new 23,000 square foot Rorer Center for Science and Technology at Chestnut Hill Academy is a vibrant learning center that serves as a hands-on teaching tool for environmental responsibility. The high performance building envelope features superior insulating value, air and vapor barriers and double glazed low-e window units. The glass lobby serves as a large scale vestibule and transition zone from the outdoors. The HVAC system shares the boiler and chiller plant with the adjacent campus buildings, and utilizes variable speed control of pumps and air handling unit fans. To accommodate the point source exhausts and fume hoods, the ventilation air and building pressurization are carefully controlled to minimize energy consumption while maintaining safe classroom laboratories. In addition, the photovoltaic panels, wind turbine, rain water collection system, and real-time display in the main lobby are some of the more visible elements of sustainability incorporated into the project.

The project has achieved a LEED NC Gold certification.

 

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