Ray-Pec Middle School to be “Green”
Posted By J.T. on August 2, 2009
Should the new Raymore-Peculiar East Middle School ever have a fire, rainwater will spray from the ceiling.
The building will be constructed on 58 hwy., about a mile west of 291 hwy. utilizing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The rainwater will be captured via a “butterfly roof” and some water will be used to irrigate the grounds. The school will also use geothermal heating & cooling, bioswales, solar power, a windmill and retention pond.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.
“To our knowledge, this will be the first LEED silver middle school in the state of Missouri,” said Jay Harris, the district’s superintendent for management services.
Project architect Shannon Pollard of Hollis + Miller Architects:
“You can already see where the butterfly roof form will be and how the split level of the 2-story classroom wing takes advantage of the slope of the site… The district has been wonderful to work with, and it is great to see them embrace the LEED concepts and really want to use the building as a learning tool so the students will know how the building … uses sustainable principles to make their environment better every day.”
The new school, set to open in the fall of 2010, will serve about 1000 seventh and eighth graders.
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