BOSTON — The New Mexico Public Schools Facilities Authority has contracted Boston-based VFA Inc., a provider of facilities capital planning and asset management software, for oversight of its 89 school districts and charter schools — comprising 795 separate schools with 4,700 buildings and about 60 million square feet of space.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. — Contsruction is underway on the new $100 million Wakefield High School, one of three public comprehensive high schools in Arlington County.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Designed by Cambridge, Mass.-based design firm HMFH Architects Inc., the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School project involved converting a historic industrial property into the modern, sustainable teaching environment desired by school administrators, with a focus on the school’s play spaces and recreation areas.
Green cleaning minimizes the environmental and health concerns associated with conventional cleaning practices, and it also provides a positive return on investment for schools that are saddled with tight budgets.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama recently announced a $447 billion “American Jobs Act” proposal, including a $25 billion investment to modernize at least 35,000 public schools to create jobs while improving classrooms and updating technology needs.
Jessica Hannan, electrical engineer at AMC Engineers, recently passed the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering exam. Hannan specializes in interior and exterior lighting, integration of daylight and occupancy sensors, multimedia presentation and sustainable design. As a LEED-accredited professional, Hannan served as the mechanical and electrical LEED Coordinator for Susitna Valley Jr./Sr. High School and Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School.
STV Group, Inc., an engineering, architecture and construction management company, announced the appointment of Dominick Servedio, P.E., as executive chairman of the firm.
To complement its Titanium headphones and headsets series, Califone International debuted its Guaranteed for Life cords. Ideal for use in classrooms, computer labs and libraries, the headphone and headset series is designed to help educators provide high-quality, audio-based lessons and increased productivity, while the Guaranteed for Life cords eliminate the need to replace cords.
Notifier by Honeywell introduces the IntelliQuad Plus detector for carbon monoxide and smoke. As part of an Onyx Series fire alarm system, the unit combines four sensing elements for smoke, carbon monoxide, light or flame, and heat to quickly and unequivocally verify a true fire or CO emergency, according to the company. Separate signals for CO and smoke allow for Onyx systems to respond appropriately based on the event type.
Johnson Controls has increased the capacity of its York model YVAA air-cooled variable-speed chiller to 350 tons. Introduced earlier this year, the YVAA chiller features the industry’s highest energy efficiency ratio at both full-load design and off-design conditions for efficient operation at all operating conditions, according to the company. YVAA energy performance can exceed older chillers as much as 50 percent, while performance on new projects can exceed up to 25 percent, officials said.
