Wright On Sustainability

Overview

This is a planning competition, similar in concept to the design exercise for consultant certification, but with a real-world prospect:  three replacement elementary schools (Fairview, Troutdale, and Wilkes) for the Reynolds School District in Portland Oregon. (Bond issue to fund the project is on the ballot for May 19.) The goal here is to produce something that could be used to pitch the idea to the District, of making passive house energy performance a design goal for the project.  More background info below.

Scope

Entries may address 1, 2, or all 3 schools.

Required performance

Space conditioning

Heating – supply air heating sufficient (appropriate for project in zone 4C).

Cooling – no 1st round requirement, but it factors in the judging.

Total energy

Source energy limit 120 kWh/m2.yr, per either PHIUS+ 2015 rules or (pre-PER) PHI rules.

Prize

Minimum $500, winner takes all.

Eligibility

Practitioners doing business in Oregon and Washington may enter.

Submission deadline

Friday May 15, close of day Pacific time.

Submission format – required elements

Sketchup model(s)

Energy model(s) in

PHPP 2007 IP (June 2010), or

WUFI Passive (static), or

PHPP v8 IP

Brief Envelope narrative

Brief Mechanical narrative

Jury

Graham Wright, plus whoever else puts up $500 prize money.

Evaluation criteria

Subjective

Voting

Each juror gets 10 points to allocate.  Top point-getter wins.

Program

The Facilities Master Plan Committee of the Reynolds School district recommends that the Fairview, Troutdale, and Wilkes elementary schools be replaced on their current properties.

The Reynolds School Board members unanimously authorized the placement of the bond measure on the May 19, 2015 ballot.  In addition to some other remodeling and security upgrades, the bond issue would replace three schools:

• Fairview, Troutdale (88 years old each) and Wilkes Elementary (101 years old)
• Build to Current Seismic Codes
• Increase School Capacity to Accommodate Growth.

Of the $125 million bond project, the school replacements amount to $82,880,404

Geo-located Sketchup files for each school have been placed in the folder with this document, setting the view to overhead will show the Google Earth view of the footprint of the current building to scale, along with a bit of the surrounding area.

For Fairview and Wilkes it is possible to get a pretty good idea of the elevation views of the current buildings from Google street view.  This isn’t available for Troutdale so I scouted it and made a 3-d Sketchup approximating the existing buildings.

More information about the District’s long-term thinking may be available in the Facilities Master Plan here:

http://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/district/fmpReport

Each of the 3 schools has also recorded a short “Facility Condition” video interview with the facilities manager, showing the state of their crumbling, leaky, asbestos-ridden building.

https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/wilkes/wilkes-elementary-school-facility-condition

https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/fairview/fairview-elementary-school-facility-condition

https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/troutdale/troutdale-elementary-school-facility-condition

Additional information about the schools can be viewed on the Oregonian web site:

http://schools.oregonlive.com

In particular, the enrollment/occupancy seems relevant to planning, which I make out to be as follows.  (Only Wilkes notes faculty & staff on their website, but could probably be taken as representative.)  Note that they are looking to double the capacity, plus a skosh.

That’s about what I’ve got to get you started.