Georgia Gets First LEED Silver Public High School

Perkins + Will, a sustainable architecture firm, has designed Arabia Mountain High School in DeKalb County, Ga., to be the state’s first LEED-Silver public high school.

Sustainable features of the school include:

• Construction materials that are 10 to 20 percent recycled
• Reduced water use with low-flow plumbing fixtures, sink sensors and waterless urinals
• Exclusion of materials that emit harmful odors
• Individually controlled HVAC to reduce energy waste in unoccupied areas

The school has also been designed to increase natural daylight in classrooms. The 240,000-square-foot facility has 42 classrooms, 10 science labs, a 600-seat auditorium and a 1,400-seat gymnasium.

More information is available at www.perkinswill.com. More information about the USGBC’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program is available at www.usgbc.org.