Green Buildings
Middle School Building
The Middle School Building was completed in September 2006, and was awarded a LEED Platinum rating in March 2007. It is the first K-12 school in the United States to have a LEED Platinum rating and the first LEED Platinum building in the District of Columbia.
Project Teams (Middle & Lower School)
Architect: KieranTimberlake Associates
Project Management: JFW Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: Bruce E. Brooks & Associates
Landscape Architect: Andropogon Associates
Civil Engineer: VIKA, Inc.
Sustainability Consultants: GreenShape LLC (both projects) and Integrative Design Collaborative (Middle School only)
Constructed Wetland: Natural Systems Int’l (Middle School only)
Lighting: Benya Lighting Design
General Contractor: Hitt Contracting, Inc. (Middle School); Coakley Williams Construction (Lower School)
Lower School Groome Addition and Gym
The Lower School Groome Addition and Gym was completed in September 2007. It has not yet been rated by the U.S. Green Building Council but is expected to earn a Gold rating.
- 50% of the energy we purchase on both campuses is from wind energy
Zartman House
Our historic administration building, Zartman House, underwent a green renovation in Summer 2004. It features a geothermal heat pump, low emitting materials, and efficient lighting. In part because of timing constraints, SFS did not seek a LEED rating for this project.
Architect: Outerbridge Horsey Associates, PLLC
Project Management: JFW Inc.
Athletics Facility & Meetinghouse/Arts Center
In Fall 2008, construction will begin on a new underground athletics facility on our Wisconsin Avenue campus, as well as the renovation of our existing Arts Center and Kenworthy Gym which will become a Quaker meetinghouse and arts facility. SFS will seek a LEED rating for both projects.
Architects: KieranTimberlake Associates (Meetinghouse); Cannon Design (Athletics Facility)
Project Management: JFW Inc.
Landscape Architect: Andropogon Associates
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary standards and certification program created in 1993 by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the industry standard for rating high-performance green buildings. LEED awards credits for green building attributes including state-of-the-art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. There are four levels of certification: certified, silver, gold, and platinum.
