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Exemplary Success To date, our team has completed four prototype designs for PSD. The first school, Zach Elementary School in Fort Collins, CO, served as the original prototype and was completed in 2002. Soon to follow was the completion of Bacon Elementary School, also in Fort Collins in 2003, and most recently completed was Rice Elementary School in Wellington, CO in 2007. A fourth school, Bethke Elementary School, is under construction in Timnath, CO and slated for completion in the spring of 2008. PSD has chosen to pursue LEED® Certification under the 2007 LEED for Schools category. If Bethke Elementary School does achieve the LEED for Schools Gold Certification, it may be the first school certified under the USGBC’s new category. PSD has been very progressive in the area of sustainable design and notably in their utilization of an integrated design approach, involving all project stakeholders in the design process from start to finish. Each of the four prototype schools incorporates “microload” building design, which utilizes a high-efficiency building envelope, daylighting design, and reduces internal gains, allowing heating and cooling systems to be significantly downsized. The overall design cooling load is more than 50% below that of a conventional building construction and design, and the annual energy savings are greater than 50% when compared to conventional construction. RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Our firm was fortunate to work with an architect that believes in and applied the concepts of integrated design. The architectural features of Rice Elementary are the driving force behind the superior The heating system at Rice Elementary School in Wellington, CO, heating system consists of two high-efficiency, gas-fired boilers with staged capacity control. fer • Baucom Engineering & Consulting (SBEC), as part of the successful design team, was selected as the mechanical and electrical systems designer. creating Healthy COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT S Environmental Separation • A I R D O O R S / C U R TA I N S • A I R E N T R A N C E SYS T E M S D O O R H E AT E R S F R E S H A I R V E N T I L AT I O N SYS T E M S Fresh Air Recovery just ask. www.berner.com 800-245-4455 FREE INFO: 77 www.bernerenergy.com 800-479-0988 38 ESM03084Berner.indd 1 En gi neer ed S y stem s March 2008 2/20/08 10:34:08 AM http://www.berner.com http://www.bernerenergy.com

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