LEARN Invests in Energy Efficiency Upgrades
From 2001 to 2011, LEARN Charter School Network grew from one charter school serving 110 students to a network of schools serving 2,000 students across Chicago’s West and South Side communities. The Network, whose mission is to provide children with the academic foundation and ambition to earn a college degree, plans to expand its reach to 8,000 low-income elementary school students by 2019. Once LEARN’s growth plans are complete, the Network will annually produce 600 graduates who will matriculate to Chicago’s most competitive college preparatory high schools and eventually, college. In September 2011, LEARN celebrated the grand opening of their Hunter Perkins Campus—the Network’s fifth campus, located in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
LEARN Hunter Perkins Energy Efficiency Upgrades
- Building automation control system to manage the HVAC equipment ensuring the comfort needs are met in an energy efficient manner, including night and weekend setbacks and other extended periods of low occupancy
- 75-ton packaged rooftop unit serving a variable air volume air distribution system with individual zone thermostat controls
- 25-ton rooftop unit was completely refurbished and put into service using th existing ductwork
- Tankless hot water heaters outfitted with recirculation pump timers to minimize after-hour pump operation, making them 34% more efficient than conventional units
- Energy efficient lighting controlled by the building automation system, allowing the lighting to be operated according to building occupancy
- Installation of an energy efficient white TPO roof membrane (50% more efficient than required by code)
- Installation of Low-e double pane energy efficient windows
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