Engineering Project
Lake Nona Middle School
- Orlando, Florida
- 112,000 SF
- Education / Institutional
- Mechanical + Plumbing Engineering
Project Overview
Lake Nona Middle School at 13700 Narcoossee Road in Orlando, Florida is a 112,000-square-foot education building with classrooms, offices, a gym, dining hall, kitchen, auditorium, and ancillary spaces. BEED Engineering provided mechanical and plumbing engineering design and project administration.
A middle school of this size needs a central cooling plant, kitchen exhaust, and — in Central Florida — a ventilation sequence that can support hurricane-shelter use. Ice storage was part of the chilled-water plant, which shifts cooling production away from the peak electrical window.
The Challenge
Classrooms, a gym, an auditorium, and a kitchen do not share one HVAC profile. The plant has to cool all of them, hold humidity in Orlando, and still have a shelter ventilation mode when the building is used that way.
The design had to:
- Provide air-cooled chillers, variable-flow chilled-water pumps, and ice storage tanks
- Serve the occupied spaces with variable air volume air-handling units and HVAC controls
- Include hurricane-shelter ventilation
- Provide kitchen hood exhaust, grease traps, water-efficient plumbing fixtures, and gas-fired water heaters
BEED Engineering's Scope
BEED provided mechanical and plumbing engineering design and project administration for the Lake Nona campus. Electrical engineering was not listed as part of this assignment.
Engineering Solutions
Air-cooled chillers and variable-flow chilled-water pumps serve the building. Ice storage tanks allow cooling to be made and stored off-peak, then used when occupancy and outdoor temperature rise. Variable air volume air-handling units and HVAC controls distribute that cooling to classrooms, offices, gym, dining, and auditorium spaces.
Hurricane-shelter ventilation is included so the school can be used as a shelter without relying on the normal classroom outdoor-air sequence alone. Kitchen hood exhaust and grease traps serve the dining and kitchen areas. Water-efficient plumbing fixtures and gas-fired water heaters complete the plumbing design.
The public face of that work is the Lake Nona Middle School campus in southeast Orlando.
Related BEED Services
Service
Mechanical Engineering
HVAC, chilled water, central plants, ventilation, humidity control, and building automation for commercial and institutional buildings.
Service
Plumbing Engineering
Domestic water, sanitary waste, storm drainage, medical gas, and natural gas systems for building projects.
Service
Chilled Water Systems
Chiller plants, pumping, air-handling equipment, and controls for larger commercial and institutional facilities.
Service
HVAC Engineering
Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning design for occupant comfort, indoor air quality, and energy performance.
Service
Building Automation
Controls sequences, BAS architecture, and integration that make mechanical and electrical systems operate as designed.
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Related Resources
What Is a Chilled Water System?
A chilled water system uses a chiller to cool water that is pumped to air-handling units and other coils, then returned to the plant to be cooled again.
What Is HVAC Engineering?
HVAC engineering is the design of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems that control temperature, humidity, ventilation, and indoor air quality.
What Is Building Automation?
Building automation is the control system that starts, stops, sequences, and monitors HVAC and related equipment so a building operates as designed.
What Is Plumbing Engineering?
Plumbing engineering is the design of domestic water, sanitary waste, storm drainage, and specialty piping systems for buildings.
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