Completion Date: 2009
Square Footage: 14,000 (renovation)/45,000 (new)
LEED Gold for New Construction

Awards:
Award of Excellence for New Construction and Historic Preservation, 2009
Atlanta Urban Design Commission

Design Award - Citation
Georgia AIA, 2010

Excellence in Sustainability
USGBC, 2010

Springdale Park Elementary School is the first LEED certified school in the Atlanta Public School district. This nurturing, light-filled environment is a marriage of historic residential and modern educational architecture. The reuse of two historically relevant structures on site is just the beginning of the sustainable priorities of this project. It also has at least 20% recycled content and 10% locally manufactured building materials and an array of energy saving systems including a ground source heat exchange field, also a first for the Atlanta Public Schools. Additionally, the green roof on the new back addition of the elementary school opens onto the student corridor facilitating student interaction with light and nature on a daily basis. These visible green choices are important learning tools for young students.