New Idlehurst Elementary School, Designed by Harriman, Ready for Students Greenest School in the State

Construction is complete on the new 580-student Idlehurst Elementary School in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and is set to open as scheduled. The $19.9 million school was designed by architecture and engineering firm, Harriman. End Quote

"Greenest School in the State" - Ed Murdough, NH Department of Education

Manchester-Nashua, NH (1888PressRelease) August 27, 2011 - Construction is complete on the new 580-student Idlehurst Elementary School in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and is set to open as scheduled. The $19.9 million school was designed by architecture and engineering firm, Harriman.

The new $19.9 million Idlehurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH is being referred to as the "greenest" school in the state. Designed by Harriman, the school has many energy-saving features including building orientation to maximize solar heat gain and daylighting; sunshades to control direct sunlight into spaces, reducing cooling costs; radiant floor heating in 100% of classrooms; and on-demand ventilation providing ventilation to occupied spaces only to name a few.

The school was designed to meet the Northeast CHPS program. According to the NH Department of Education's Ed Murdough, the school is the "greenest" in the state. The district received $75,000 from Public Service of NH.

Harriman provides architecture and engineering design services for education, healthcare, corporate, government, and retail clients throughout New England.

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