ET210 – D.C. Public Schools: Leveraging Net-Zero Energy to Create Net-Positive Education
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Innovative educational planning. Dynamic civic architecture. Inspiring public art. Diverse landscape design. Sustainable high-performance design.
The District of Columbia Public Schools manifested these qualities and more by striving for progressively modern facilities with healthy, high-performance learning spaces that enhance community resilience. This tour will highlight John Lewis Elementary and Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, the first schools in D.C. to pursue net-zero energy alongside innovative approaches to health and well-being—all housed in dynamic and joyful new spaces.
On this eye-opening tour, you'll see how two buildings embraced these ideas while also actively engaging their context and communities.
This is a bus tour.
Innovative educational planning. Dynamic civic architecture. Inspiring public art. Diverse landscape design. Sustainable high-performance design.
The District of Columbia Public Schools manifested these qualities and more by striving for progressively modern facilities with healthy, high-performance learning spaces that enhance community resilience. This tour will highlight John Lewis Elementary and Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, the first schools in D.C. to pursue net-zero energy alongside innovative approaches to health and well-being—all housed in dynamic and joyful new spaces.
On this eye-opening tour, you'll see how two buildings embraced these ideas while also actively engaging their context and communities.
This is a bus tour.
Learning Objectives
- Witness how net-zero energy can not only conserve resources but also enhance educational outcomes.
- Discuss how passive design strategies can help achieve net-zero energy.
- See how schools can be designed to engage and inspire learners.
- Experience how these particular designs impacted their place and community.
- Sean O'Donnell, FAIA
Principal/K12 Practice Area Leader - Perkins Eastman - Omar Calderon, AIA
Principal - Perkins Eastman