High Performance Design planned for Lebanon Junior High School (continued)
Some of the features that will be implemented at the new school in Lebanon include:
- Policies of joint use of school facilities by the entire community.
- Creation of an indoor environmental management plan to help with overall building air quality.
- Adopt policies to purchase only energy star equipment and appliances.
- Design the building to use daylighting in classrooms to minimize the use of electric lights and save on utility bills.
- Recycle a minimum of 75% of all construction waste.
- Implement a recycling program.
- Use low flow plumbing fixtures and waterless urinals to minimize water use and wastewater generation.
- Use low VOC materials, adhesives, paints to improve air quality and include a building flush out period immediately prior to occupancy to improve air quality.
- Use locally produced materials and recycled content materials.
- Provide bike paths and pedestrian access to school and surrounding neighborhoods.
- Building layout to avoid floodplains, protect wetlands, protect green fields and reduce overall building footprint.
- Design a well insulated, air sealed building envelope which will allow mechanical systems to be sized appropriately and help reduce initial equipment and yearly operational costs.
- Install variable air volume mechanical systems with energy recovery and carbon monoxide detectors to only run equipment when needed.
- We will study the possibility of using a woodchip facility or other renewable energy source (three recently installed at Hanover High and Middle School and at Merrimack Valley High School)
Please visit www.neep.org for more information on this program.
