Project Details
- Project Name
- Buckley Elementary School
- Location
-
250 Vernon St
CT
- Architect
- TSKP STUDIO
- Client/Owner
- Town of Manchester
- Project Types
- Education
- Project Scope
- Addition/Expansion
- Size
- 64,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2022
- Awards
- 2023 AIA - Local Awards
- Shared by
- Stephanie Beals
- Team
-
Randall Luther, Design Director
Michael C. Scott, Project Manager
Abi Periyasamy, Interior Design
- Consultants
-
Architect of Record: TSKP STUDIO,Consulting Engineer: CMTA, Inc.,Electrical Engineer: Bemis Associates, LLC,Structural Engineer: Macchi Engineers,Civil Engineer: SLR Consulting,Other: Robert Benson Photography
- Certifications & Designations
- Other
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $26
Project Description
With a verified Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 17.3, Buckley Elementary School was a renovation project and New England’s first verified Net Zero Energy public school. The design focused on providing a tight envelope, high-performing building systems, and renewables such as photovoltaics and a geothermal wellfield. The project required 55,000 sq. ft. of renovation and a 9,000 sq. ft. expansion to allow additional classrooms and specialized spaces for students with disabilities, art, music, and STEM. Buckley Elementary School will accommodate 400 students in grades K-4.
The design creates a prominent main entrance featuring a solar flower as a learning opportunity and a real-time energy dashboard highlighting the school’s Zero Net Energy goal. The design takes advantage of the school’s existing energy-efficient features like the north-south facing windows and open space to create a geothermal well field and innovative technologies like bipolar ionization.
