Tennessee high school renovation will create green campus
Jan 15, 2008 3:30 PM
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) High School
is undergoing a $55 million renovation that will put it on track to be
the first LEED-certified school in the state. School officials have
worked with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to make the school more
environmentally friendly. A major part of that effort is a 198-well geothermal field
installed to 300-foot depths under a soccer field. The system
helps to provide cool air in the summer and warm air in the winter. When completed in the summer, the high school will have grown
from 270,000 square feet to 382,000 square feet; 200,000 of the
total will be renovated space. A new academic wing includes modern
science labs, expanded band, chorus and orchestra rooms, a high-tech
library, a new cafeteria and gymnasium, and a renovated auditorium.
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