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Ken Riordan is a modern day Lawrence Grassi blazing a trail to energy efficiency on a budget at Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore Alberta.
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Even after construction was completed of this planned LEED silver school, facilities manager Ken Riordan says they discovered they were "over lamped" by 91 bulbs.
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Ken Riordan in the common area of Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore, Alberta. The school is 70 per cent more efficient that the building it replaced.
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By using near local wood Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore, Alberta saved money and created a beautiful learning environment complete with exposed wood, good light and a very warm feeling.
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Ken Riordan poses with a part of the old 1920's era school that was preserved and included in the new school when it was built in 2008.
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Ken Riordan, facilities manager for Rocky Mountian School District shows of the two high efficiency gas condensing boilers at Lawrence Grassi School, just one of the many, smart, meat and potatoes features that help make this school very energy efficient.
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Ken Riordan facilities manager for Rocky Mountains School District stands outside Lawrence Grassi school complete with bear-proof trash cans.
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Ken Riordan outside of Lawrence Grassi school.
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Ken Riordan shows off the heat recovery ventilator that helps conserve energy at Lawrence Grassi School in Canmore, Alberta.
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The sign from the original Lawrence Grassi School built in the 1920s now sits on the new school in Canmore Alberta.
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Brian Wityshyn, principal of Lawrence Grassi Middle School in the well lit, beautiful common area of the school.
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Brian Wityshyn, principal of Lawrence Grassi Middle School in the common space of his energy efficient school.
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Brian Wityshyn, principal of Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore stands among the glue lam timbers used throughout the school.
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Brian Wityshyn, principal of Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore sits in a desk that could have been in the original school that Grassi replaced – the new school is 70 per cent more energy efficient than a similar structure.
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Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore Alberta was shooting for silver, but will likely be certified as a LEED gold facilitiy.
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The Biosphere Institute worked with the town and Lawrence Grassi school to get signage to remind people to reduce idling around the school.
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Lawrence Grass Mddle School as seen through the fish trail on the school yard fence. The school may achieve LEED gold status.
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Fish art on the fence at Lawrence Grassi Middle School in Canmore, Alberta.