Cambridge School of Weston - Weston, MA, 2005

SPI provided green design consulting and eco-charrette facilitation for institutional strategy and a new green building on the Cambridge School campus. Scope involved conducting workshops with the clients and design teams to set goals and craft an implementation plan.

Concord Academy - Concord, MA

SPI worked with staff, faculty, parents and students of this grade 9-12 day/boarding school in goal-setting, data collection and creation of an implementation plan to create a baseline of the campus energy, water and indoor air quality. We then formulated a comprehensive recommendations document for a campus-wide sustainability master plan.

Northfield Mount Hermon School - Gill, MA, Arts Center & Admissions Building

SPI served as LEED Consultant for two buildings at NMH, an independent, co-educational boarding school in western Massachusetts. The new Arts Center comprises 63,000 square feet on three levels, including three performance spaces, practice rooms and visual arts production and display space. Through a high-performing envelope and mechanical system, the project was able to apply for 7 out of 10 “Optimize Energy Performance” points. We are providing similar services for the NMH Admissions Building.

Falmouth High School- Falmouth, MA

SPI served as the consultant on this project with the goal of achieving Massachusetts Green Schools Certification. SPI staff has assisted the design team in identifying and analyzing sustainable strategy opportunities for the project, specifically opportunities for pursuing alternative energy sources.

Franklin D. Roosevelt School- Boston, MA

SPI assisted the Boston Public Schools Department with the green renovation of this K-8 school, enabling it to become the City of Boston’s first LEED registered public building. The school’s new addition, which is seeking LEED Silver certification, consists of six new classrooms, a computer room, a cafeteria and a new outdoor play area. Environmental features of the addition include a green roof, solar panels, super-insulated building envelope, water-saving sinks and toilets, daylighting controls, porous pavement and renewable materials such as bamboo.

The Park School- Brookline, MA

SPI worked with the institution to create a baseline of its environmental footprint and then created a feasibility study to make recommendations for sustainability strategies for different scales of this K-12 school campus. The goal was to provide site, building, user activities to improve sustainable practices and operational performance as well as provide an aesthetic ‘touch and feel’ to sustainability.

Woburn Memorial High School- Woburn, MA

SPI was the green design consultant to the community and design team on their new high school, which also serves as a community center. The City of Woburn became highly sensitive to issues of environmental health since its tragic experience with the after-effects of industrial pollution that were portrayed in the book and movie, Civil Action. This facility is a 340,000 s.f. building on a 48 acre site with extensive athletic fields. SPI helped the City secure $625,000 in additional funding for additional design services and energy efficiency strategies and renewable energy systems. The design exceeds building energy code by 27%, all flushing and irrigation water is provided by a collection system that is fed by rooftop rainwater and construction and demolition waste (including the demise of the existing school) was largely recycled. SPI's approach was to use the site as a generative 'filter' for the surrounding neighborhoods and provide a positive image of what the built environment can be to a community.