Bacon Elementary School
Poudre School District
Fort Collins, Colorado
Date: 2003
Cost: $6,900,000
Area: 63,100 GSF
Bacon Elementary School is a prototype elementary school that incorporates “micro-load” building
design, which utilizes a high-efficiency building envelope, daylighting
design and reduces internal gains to minimize heating and cooling system
capacities. Sustainable design was incorporated where possible, including
material selections, system selections and equipment selections. The
overall design cooling load is more than 50% below that of conventional
building construction and design and annual energy savings are estimated
at 50% when compared to conventional construction.
Some of the design characteristics include: hydronic heating system
with modular, high-efficiency boilers and primary-secondary pumping,
chilled water system with air-cooled chiller, ice-storage and primary-secondary
pumping, electronic building automation system with communications
to District offices, wet-pipe fire sprinkler system and rooftop air
handling units. The kitchen/dining area was also equipped with the
following: grease hood, gas cooking equipment, dishwashing equipment
with exhaust hood, fire suppression system and grease interceptor.
