Meetings Set to Discuss Sustainable Mt. Greylock School Project
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Two community meetings will be held this week to brainstorm how to incorporate sustainable elements into a new Mt. Greylock high school. |
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Building Committee invites the public to share its ideas on how to incorporate sustainable elements into the design of the school building project.
The committee, which currently is choosing between two renovation/addition plans and one new construction design to advance to the Massachusetts School Building Authority, will host a "green building charrette" on Wednesday and Thursday, July 22 and 23, at the school.
"The committee wants to tap the talent and creativity of community members," Chairman Mark Schiek said in a news release announcing the workshop.
The charrette will be facilitated by members of the architectural design team from Design Partnership of Cambridge. Attendees at Wednesday's meeting will work in groups to brainstorm strategies that will contribute to building and site sustainability and efficiency.
"The charrette will guide foundational decisions regarding which aspects of sustainability will get the greatest priority," said Wendy Penner of the Building Committee's Sustainability Work Group.
Discussion will focus on three broad topic areas: site/water strategies, indoor air quality, and passive/active energy systems.
The July 22 session will run from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the school's Meeting Room.
Ideas generated from the Wednesday meeting will be distilled at a Thursday session, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the high school, that will precede the 5:30 School Building Committee meeting.
That is the last scheduled meeting before a planned July 30 vote on which option -- a new build or redesign -- the Mount Greylock School Committee will advance to the MSBA for further study.
The chosen option will undergo a full schematic design and cost estimate.
"We need pubic input in this early design phase to insure a successful project," Building Committee Co-Chairwoman Paula Consolini said.
Anyone wishing to attend the charrette should RSVP to Penner at wendypenner@hotmail.com. If you can not attend but would like to submit ideas or questions, email them to Penner at that address.
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