Marin Elementary School, Albany, CA

Image Credit: LCA Architects

Category: Schools

Site Area: (2.49 acres) 108,282 sq ft

Square Footage:

Building A (3 pods) = 10,590 sq ft

Building B = 12,410 sq ft

Building D = 18,558 sq ft

Services Provided: HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Fire Alarm, Low Voltage Wiring

Completion Date: 2022

Owner: Albany Unified School District

Architect: LCA Architects

Mechanical Contractor: Bay City Mechanical, Inc.

General Contractor: Alten Construction

DSA Application:

Building A & B: 01-119108

Building D: 01-119472

Project Description

Marin Elementary School is composed of one existing single story building (Building A), consisting of three-pod buildings and two new 2-story classroom buildings (Building B & D).

Pragmatic Professional Engineers (PPE) performed energy, heating, and cooling analysis to engineer an energy efficient, and cost effective solution to provide heatong and cooling for these buildings. PPE selected a Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) system to serve the two new classroom buildings and a mini-vrf split system for the existing Administration and Library pod buildings. The existing multi-purpose pod building HVAC was replaced with heat pump package units. The aim is to have an all electric HVAC system for the campus in order to achieve future net zero energy goals. The mechanical design will be undergoing DSA and CHPS design review.