Energy recovery earns high marks at RI career academy
Designing a new high school to be 40% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1 – 2001 energy requirements is a lofty goal. To strive for this degree of efficiency on a very limited capital budget while designing a state-of-the-art, energy-demanding technical high school raises the bar even higher.
But this was exactly what architectural and engineering firm StudioJAED accomplished at the Providence Career and Technical Academy (PCTA) in Providence, RI, in order to comply with the design requirements of the Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools (NE-CHPS).