Three years ago, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was experiencing a problem completely unrelated to the task of educating its vast student body. Amid the usual stresses of standardized test scores, dress codes, hallway decorum, and lunchroom nutrition, more than half of the district’s schools were faced with aging, dilapidated mechanical systems that posed a possible health risk to students and faculty.
The rising cost of A/C energy is a problem for hospitals everywhere, and McAllen, TX is no exception. In a town where 90°F-plus days are common and the mercury can top 100o even in winter, the seasons might be described as “hot and hotter.”
Fairview Elementary School is located in Auburn, ME, a small city on the banks of the Androscoggin River in the southwestern region of the state. Part of the Auburn school district, Fairview employs 45 teachers and professional staff to provide a positive learning environment for 503 students in grades K-6.
Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG), headquartered in Indianapolis, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, development, and management of retail real estate, primarily regional malls, Premium Outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. Through its subsidiary partnership, it currently owns or has an interest in 324 properties in the U.S. containing an aggregate of 245 million sq ft of gross leasable area in 41 states plus Puerto Rico, in addition to substantial international interests.
The Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) stands at the forefront of high-performance computing and provides more than 21 million hours of computing time annually to vital defense and scientific R&D and test programs.
Deciding whether air curtains were cost efficient for the many huge loading dock door openings at Chicago’s new $850 million McCormick Place West convention center addition was an easy decision.
The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC), located in downtown Houston, brings together multiple branches of UT’s health departments including dental, medical, nursing, and more. Approximately 2,600 graduate students are enrolled at UTHSC.
Replacing “like-for-like” is practically standard operating procedure in the world of commercial water heaters. If a piece of equipment has met the demand for hot water until the “twilight” of its career, why monkey around with something different? Source a fresh version of what’s already in place, have it installed and get back to business-as-usual ASAP - right? Not so fast!
Like thousands of districts around the country, Merrill Community Schools, a district that serves over 800 students in Saginaw County, MI, faced tight budgets, inefficient building systems, and rising energy costs. But while the district wanted to make infrastructure improvements and cut its utility bills, it didn’t want to place an additional burden on the community. So turning to taxpayers for assistance or redirecting money was out of the question.
The Northland Pines School District (NPSD) in Eagle River, WI is the proud owner of the first LEED® Certified School in the Badger State. The school district, located in the state’s North Woods region, turned to Hoffman, LLC (Appleton, WI) for its extensive experience in designing and constructing sustainable schools in cold climates. Hoffman provides fully integrated planning, architectural design, and construction management services using a D-B approach.
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