A-11 The Park Record Wedmiura/Frl, March 2-4, 2005 PCHS remodel to be eco-friendly Energy savings of 30 : percent predicted ; for new nigh school ; By JARED WHITLEY ' Of the Record stuff ! Park City School District ! wants to " L E E D " by example when it conies lo environmentally conscious buildings. The design for tlie new Park City High School follows the Leadership in Energy and Environ menial Design, or LEED. criteria, which outlines ways to save energy and resources. The new school will be about 30 percent more energy efficient than the current one, according, lo Steve Crane, ihe project s principal architect with VCBO Architecture. "It's a big, big deal," Crane said about the LEED criteria, established by the United States Green Building Council. LEED measures environmental friendliness on a one lo 69 point scale, with points for a variety of pre-established criteria. For Park < 'ity High School, VCBO is aiming for between 33 and 38 points, which will give the school a "silver" LEED designation. Some of the new Park City High School's L E E D feature's will include: •The school is built on ground that's already been developed •It encourages bicycle transportation and storage •Parking lot lights that only shine down, so thev reduce lii»hl together will create an energy savings of about 30 percent. VCBO estimates. "We're bringing it up lo current standards and actually beyond so it's ready for future changes," Crane said. Then there are "a lot of things you won't see," Crane continued. For example, the new school will have sensors to monitor pollutants in the air, such as carbon monoxide. Even if paint or adhesives odors in the school become dangerous "we'll sense that," Crane said. But while the LEED improvements will save money in energy costs, they don't come cheap. "Like everything good, it costs a little bit more," said David Chaplin, Park City School Board president. The high school redesign is currently budgeted at $19.5 million. The extra LEED enhancements could cost between 10 and 15 percent of the total bill, according to Joe Schuring, the school districts buildings and grounds director Next week, the district will call COURTESY OF VCBO ARCHITECTURE for on the VCBO design, so These drawings of the new Park City High School project how it's bids difficult to say exactly how it wilt look when finished, and it is planned to be a more ener- much something will cost now. gy efficient building according to LEED specifications. Schuring explained. pollution and shading in other portions to While there are expected ener•The parking lot has "land- keep it out. Those measures will gy savings, most of the other peoscape islands." so the lot is cooler decrease the electricity and air ple Schuring has talked to about because there's less asphalt and conditioning use respectively. LEED have done it for less than a Crane said. more shade year, so they don't have their Plus the school's heating, ven- benchmarks figured out yet. •About 25 percent of materials from the existing building, tilation, and air-conditioning sysChaplin said, "Hie essential which will he demolished, is ear- tem is from the 1970s, so it needs idea is that we want to respect our to be updated. Electrical work environment and if we can show marked for recycling VCBO also designed the new and other utilities in the new our respect by making it one of the high school with natural sunlight school will be "fine-tuned like a objectives of our design process, in mind, with extra windows in carburetor on a car," Crane said. then I think leading by example is some portions to let in more light All these improvements better than just talking about it." Nancys aim for innovative instruction Other Nancys went to: •McPolin Principal Lori Having technology to read O'Connor and the school's information back lo students Teaching Team for materials to makes them more independent improve reading, spelling, and and it's non-threatening loo. higher-level thinking skills. Palczynski said. 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