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- Carl Kanaskie, Jr., AIA, LEED AP - McKissick Associates, Associate Partner
- Sandy Wiggins - USGBC Board Chairman
- Jim Eliott, PE - Co-Chairman of Building Committee for St. Stephen's
- Vern McKissick, III, AIA, LEED AP - McKissick Associates, President/Owner
- Tom Long, PE - Co-Chairman of Building Committee for St. Stephen's
McKissick Associates is a family-owned firm providing architectural and design services with specialization in educational facility design & planning, historic preservation and sustainable "green" design.
McKissick Associates
Simonton Mansion
317 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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Paula Mann, Marketing Coordinator
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McKissick Associates
Piedmont Leaf Lofts
401 East 4th Street, Suite 203
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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David Watkins, Office Manager
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Sandy Wiggins, Chairman of the USGBC (United States Green Building Council) was on hand Thursday April 19th at the GBACPA annual awards dinner in Harrisburg in order to present the following design awards to McKissick Associates.
Juried by a panel of industry professionals, the Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania (GBACPA) awards were presented in 7-categories.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral took a leadership role in environmental efforts as the first church in the United States to register its facilities with the United States Green Building Council's Rating System, LEED. The parish renovated five existing buildings, two of which are designated historic structures, with the eldest being the 178-year-old Cathedral and the 161-year-old Cathedral House. One of the largest buildings, a four story 78-year-old garage building, was converted into classrooms for the Cathedral's pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school.
The project was a compilation of building renovations, historic preservation and the adaptive reuse of an unoccupied parking structure. During the initial goal setting design study, it was de-termined that the Parish wanted to a have the most environmentally benign project as possible within its existing property boundaries.
St. Stephen's long-term objective for this project is to educate its parishioners, students, the surrounding community and the greater Episcopal/Faith communities about environmental stewardship. In its high profile location along Front Street in the City of Harrisburg, and by en-couraging visitation, the project has been seen as a model of how renovations, including a 178-year-old church, can be done in a way that does not adversely impact the natural and cultural resources of the environment.
After a year of planning, it was determined that a LEED Silver Rating could be achieved by obtaining points from each of the five LEED Rating Categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation/ Design Process.
The framework of the US Green Building Council LEED program was developed for this school with the goals to minimize impervious surfaces, maximized energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, to use recycled and renewable materials, as well as locally produced materials.
The new high school building has a total area of 126,000 SF on three levels. The new building used the LEED™ guidelines for "green" buildings, utilizing energy efficient ground source heat pumps for heating and cooling and incorporating "sustainable green design principals" whenever readily achievable. This includes the use of sustainable wood siding and roof decking over a steel superstructure. In addition, nearly 50% of instruction spaces will take advantage of daylighting.
The multistory configuration minimizes travel distances and provides for energy efficiency. High-sloped roofing systems visually break up the overall building mass into more small-scale elements, an architectural solution that is appropriate to and reinforces the character and local vernacular of the borough.
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