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Medford advisers press designers on LEED, EUI targets, PV and mass‑timber options
Summary
Advisory team dug into sustainability tradeoffs: designers set an EUI target range of 25–35, said MSBA reimbursement requires LEED Silver (50 points), and presented PV, battery storage, electrification and mass‑timber as options to be evaluated in a required life‑cycle cost analysis.
Sustainability and MEP advisers pressed designers for trade‑off analysis as Medford’s school project moves through the feasibility study.
Martine Dion, who introduced the sustainability section, explained the district’s energy metric and target range: “The EUI is the metric that we use...The target for most schools...usually is 25. But in the case of your school, which has a comprehensive program...we've put a range there of 25 to 35.” The team said meeting those EUI goals will rely on a highly insulated building enclosure, triple glazing, electrified HVAC systems and passive strategies such as sun‑control shading.
Designers framed certification and reimbursement: LEED v5 was presented as the framework MSBA references for…
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