NAC|Architecture - Sustainability: K-12 School Projects: Architects, Seattle, Spokane, Los Angeles, Denver

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Sustainability: K-12 School Projects:

Wilson High School, Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma, Washington Wilson has been recognized as the first modern high school in Washington State utilizing displacement ventilation. Comb-ining passive exhaust of classrooms on both levels with interior light wells balances the natural light flooding the learning spaces and allows natural convective forces to reduce required fan power. Multiple advantages accrue to the students and staff at Wilson in the health benefits of 100% fresh air, a very quiet mechanical system and the teaching and learning benefits of abundant daylight. Also credited to the citizens of the Tacoma School District are the energy and financial savings of an efficient mechanical system conditioning incoming fresh with outgoing used air through heat exchangers. The design employs a displacement ventilation system. The fresh air is supplied at the base of the casework and drawn by convection through vertical daylighting shafts at the back side of the classrooms. Displacement ventilation continuously supplies 100% outside air for improved indoor air quality. The system was integrally designed with a comprehensive daylighting and shading strategy, maximizing the benefits of displacement ventilation.

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