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Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School Renovations

Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School Renovations

School District: Pennsbury School District, Falls Township, PA

Project Name: Renovation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School

Project Size: 83,000 sq. ft.

Services Provided:

Mechanical (HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Protection) and Electrical engineering for a 27,500 SF addition to and renovation of an existing 55,500 SF school.

The project achieved LEED Silver certification. 

Project Electrical systems: 

  • 9 phases of construction to allow full occupancy and operation of the school.
  • New 34.5kV PECO electrical service and a bio-degradable liquid filled transformer.
  • High efficiency lighting & lighting controls.
  • LED site lighting with controls integrated with the HVAC DDC system controls.  Designed to comply with LEED credit SSc8.
  • Cable trays for all structured cabling systems.
  • Communications systems:  Fire alarm system, PA system, telephone systems and atomic-wireless based master clock systems.
  • 50kW roof mounted solar photovoltaic system, representing a 7% reduction in yearly electrical usage, resulting in 4 LEED points for credit EAc2.
  • Temporary power design for server room that contains fiber optic communications for multiple District buildings and Schools.

Project Mechanical/Plumbing/Fire Protection systems:

  • Calculated 31% yearly utility savings compared to the current energy code in PA (ASHRAE 90.1-2007 base building), resulting in 11 LEED points for credit EAp2.
  • Replacement of the existing H&V system with a new HVAC system, including a high efficiency low-turndown 275 ton water cooled chiller with a high efficiency cooling tower.
  • Added sections and new burners to the existing Buderus boilers, including VFD’s on the hot water pumps.
  • New plumbing piping and fixtures, including low-flow with automatic sensors.
  • A new fire protection system. 
  • New HVAC DDC web-based control system based on CM3 Invensys.
  • Project construction phasing was carefully designed to allow the continued use of the existing hot water heating and domestic hot water systems during full building occupancy.