Columbus City Schools Clinton Elementary School Renovation / Addition

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AEC was part of a team that was selected to provide A/E services for the renovation and an addition to the historic Clinton Elementary School. AEC was responsible for providing mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and technology engineering design services for this renovation and addition. The historic 55,000 SQ FT building was constructed in 1922 and is designed to house up to 400 students grades PreK-5.

The project achieved LEED Gold certification. Some of the mechanisms the design team has incorporated in order to reach this goal are all-new, energy efficient MEP systems, with lighting that has occupancy sensors as well as daylight sensors in order to be more efficient. Each classroom will have its own temperature control. Energy efficient mechanical systems consist of a dedicated outdoor air unit with energy recovery, high efficiency condensing boilers, an oil free magnetic variable speed air cooled chiller and rain water harvesting. Green site features will include rain gardens, detention swales, and permeable paving.

A new cafeteria on the same level as the food service functions via an all-new serving kitchen (the students previously carried their food up a flight of stairs to the gymnasium). The renovated school also features new gathering spaces such as an atrium at the intersection of the existing building and the addition; this atrium will have an elevator (there was previously not one in the building). All three floors have new restrooms, and there is a new Media Center (library) with attached computer lab. A defined “main” entrance now leads directly to school offices from an accessible entrance. The school’s original entrance required people to go up/down a flight of stairs. 

Integral to the design of the renovated Clinton ES was to retain as much historic character as possible and to match or complement historic features when introducing new.