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| The sky high performance modular classroom building solution  Silver Creek Industries recently received California Division of the State Architect (DSA) for its sky high performance modular classroom building solution. The sky was introduced at the Green California Schools Summit in September 2012, was recently featured at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo and is showcased at this week's CSBA Annual Education Conference in San Francisco. The sky, designed in-house by SCI's team aims to provide a flexible and high performance learning environment. Rather than offering a "one-size-fits-all" solution, this modern design features two distinctive floor plans which can be combined with a staggering number of interior and exterior finishes.This allows for a fully customizable building solution while still capturing the speed in which it can be built in SCI's offsite construction facility in Perris, California, USA and the accelerated plan check process with the approved PC. "The sky represents a new and unique way for school districts to add high performance learning spaces to their existing campuses or to develop new campuses," said Ryan McIntosh, LEEP AP BD+C, Director of Design Services for SCI. "SCI performs energy modeling to quickly determine the best options for each project site and building orientation, allowing school districts and project owners to maximize the effectiveness of their construction budget while ensuring their goals are attained." Highlights of the sky include a quality interior learning environment embracing low and no-VOC finishes, paints and adhesives as well as sound absorbing surfaces to ensure a quiet, healthy and high quality building. Space conditioning options such as indoor package units, roof top units, split systems with interior fan coils, VRF systems, air cooled systems, water cooled systems, and ground sound heat pump systems were designed to be integrated into the building structure allowing customers to their match existing systems. The building is designed to be fully day-lit during most educational hours with its large windows at the front and rear along with clerestory windows and tubular skylights. The lighting system takes advantage of natural light and features a full occupancy and photo-control system which automatically dims the lights or turns them off completely when natural light is available and ensures lights are off when the classroom is not occupied. When compared to the Title 24 baseline, energy savings of up to 45% or more can be achieved. The sky meets the requirements of the CHPS PreFAB rating system with a projected total of 36 points, and can assist projects in attaining LEED certification by contributing 45 points or more depending on site conditions and building options. The sky is also available as a Net Zero Energy building with photovoltaic panels integrated into the roof system which produce 100% or more of the net annual energy consumed. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |