Anshen+Allen's El Segundo High School Modernization: A Model for Sustainability and Energy Efficient Architectural Design.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- On the heels of Earth Day celebrations around the world, Anshen+Allen Los Angeles today announced that its architectural work on the modernization and new construction for El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and High School, an urban school in the mild-climate South Bay Area of Los Angeles, has been recognized as a model for modernizing and creating sustainable, energy-efficient academic campuses. Working from guidelines set by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS CHPS Collaborative for High Performance Schools CHPS Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security CHPS Center for Health Policy Studies (healthcare consulting firm with offices in New York, Maryland, and Illinois) CHPS Combat Hybrid Power System ), Anshen+Allen Los Angeles, the school, community members and a multidisciplinary design team established a goal of creating sustainable, energy-efficient buildings that could serve as teaching tools, while optimizing comfort and controlling project costs. The design adopted measures in every category of CHPS and as a result achieved an overall score of 45 out of a possible 54 points. The site design implements retentive re·ten·tive adj. 1. Having the quality, power, or capacity of retaining. 2. Having the ability or capacity to retain knowledge or information with ease: a retentive memory. storm water management, reclaimed water Reclaimed water, sometimes called recycled water, is former wastewater (sewage) that has been treated and purified for reuse, rather than discharged into a body of water. usage and drought-tolerant landscape. In the energy category, the design exceeded Title 24 requirements by 20% and allowed for mechanically assisted ventilation and systems commissioning. Waterless urinals were installed to comply with water reduction targets. Material requirements were met through the specifying of products with renewable or recycled content. Indoor Environmental Quality was provided through maximizing day lighting, good acoustics and thermal comfort Human thermal comfort is the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment, according to ASHRAE Standard 55. Achieving thermal comfort for most occupants of buildings or other enclosures is a goal of HVAC design engineers. . The El Segundo High School modernization project is a Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Showcase Project for Collaborative High Performance Schools (CHPS) design. The highly respected and nationally recognized architectural team of Anshen+Allen Los Angeles consistently delivers projects that optimize creativity and innovation as well as purpose and functionality. The firm earned a reputation for crafting works of lasting value through client collaboration, integrity and excellence from initial concepts to final execution. Their distinctive collaborative approach merges the diverse creative talent and perspectives of its professionals and forms a foundation for designing buildings that are both technically sophisticated and highly responsive to their specific site and environment. Anshen+Allen Los Angeles has served more than 30 universities and college campuses throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and is the architect for more than 50 teaching and research facilities. For more information visit www.anshenla.com. Images are available on request. Please contact Bonnie Quintanilla, 818-681-5777 or bq@zeesman.com. |
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