Designed by USA Architects of Somerville, New Jersey, the 90,000-square-foot Center for Lifelong Learning will accomodate 175 autistic and disabled children aged 3 to 21 and is aiming for the first LEED Platinum rating of any school in the state of New Jersey. The $23 million project just recently broke ground in Sayreville and should be ready in September of 2009. The school will offer 24 classrooms, as well as physical therapy, gymnasium, and aquatics space, which will also be used by Sayreville’s Brain Injured Children’s Swim program.
September 24th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Green Schools"
First Green Schools Guide-Certified School Opens Doors at 213 East 63rd Street
After taking effect earlier this year, the New York City Green Schools Guide and Rating System (“GSG”) now applies to all new school construction, modernization, and renovation projects in the five boroughs. The GSG and Rating System is based on LEED, but also incorporates elements from the Collaborative for High Performing Schools Rating System (developed by Washington, Massachusetts, and New York States) and the School Construction Authority’s Best Practices. It’s intended to complement Local Law 86 (which mandates LEED Silver for most public projects in New York City). Designed by Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, the first school certified under the program opened for the academic year back on September 2 at 213 East 63rd Street.
September 16th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Design Competition Solicits LEED Platinum Proposals for Middle School at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
The USGBC’s New York Chapter sponsors an annual Natural Talent Competition through its Emerging Green Builders of New York organization. This year, participants’ charge was to design a LEED Platinum-level arts center and middle school in DUMBO; concepts were required to also include a proposed revitalization of the areas adjacent to and including the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park’s Tobacco Warehouse, which was originally built in the 1870s as a tobacco customs inspection point along the Brooklyn waterfront. In addition to reaching a projected Platinum rating, entries had to incorporate principles from the New York City’s Green Schools Guide and the NY-CHPS High Performance Schools Guidelines. USGBC-NY will unveil the winners next Wednesday, July 30.
July 23rd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Ithaca Opens Platinum Doors on $18M Business School by Robert A.M. Stern
Last Tuesday, Ithaca College unveiled its new 38,000-square-foot, $18 million School of Business building, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The project is aiming for a LEED Platinum rating and will include a Center for Sustainable Management to incorporate green business principles into Ithaca’s MBA program. The project team, which also included Gilbane Building Co., used a computer model to passively design the structure according to solar movement. The project also features a green roof, graywater system, and locally-sourced construction materials.
February 1st, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
10,000 Sq. Ft. Green Roof Approved for Village’s P.S. 41
Public School 41 received approval last Thursday from the School Construction Authority (”SCA”) for a 10,000-square-foot green roof. The school, located at 116 West 11th Street in Greenwich Village, will begin installing the roof next summer. P.S. 41 has retained the Jonathan Rose Companies to supervise the project, which is known as Gell- the Greenroof [...]
November 15th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Carlstadt Public School (NJ) Receives LEED Silver from USGBC
We wrote about the Carlstadt Public School earlier this year, but the School’s receipt of its LEED Silver rating earlier this week deserves additional mention. Designed by Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey-based DMR Architects, the project earned 36 LEED points for a variety of sustainable features that will help the building reduce its water and energy [...]
October 28th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued