Innovative School Design Sets New Standards for Sustainability

Sunburst Elementary School in Layton, Utah, is a two-story building with a total area of 97,024 ft² (9014 m²). The school’s mechanical system is designed to use multiple technologies in combination for efficient building performance, with four stages of cooling (economizer, ground loop free cooling, direct evaporative, and indirect evaporative cooling from a cooling tower), and a state-of-the-art building controls strategy using boilers and a water-to-water heat pump.