Radiant Elementary In Waukee Community School District Receives Energy Efficient Design Award

Press release from the Waukee Community School District:

October 9, 2020

The Waukee Community School District is proud to announce that Radiant Elementary School has received a 2020 Excellence in Energy Efficient Design Award for achieving 49% kBTU energy savings when compared to the Commercial New Construction (CNC) program baseline.

The Excellence in Energy Efficient Design Award recognizes outstanding efforts in reducing energy use. Award candidates are selected from projects whose designers participated in the Commercial New Construction program offered by Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy Company. Projects received a CNC program final verification report between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. The the top projects with the highest kBTU savings percentage in Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy’s service territory are selected for an award.

Some of the key energy efficiency features at Radiant Elementary include:

• High efficiency boiler and water-cooled chiller
• Demand Control Ventilation
• Improved wall and roof insulation, low U-value glazing
• LED lighting with daylighting and vacancy sensors.

The district was presented with their award during a virtual ceremony on October 1.

This press release was produced by the Waukee Community School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.