Green Building

A Permanent Building That's Relocatable
Available for Lease or Purchase
Be Ready for the 2012 School Year!

Harvard Yard Childcare Center, a sustainable modular school.Permanent Quality Modular for Temporary Use
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Modular classrooms inside the temporary Harvard Yard Childcare Center.High Performing Learning Environment
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Layout of Childcare Center.Building Layout
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Current Location: Cambridge, MA
Square Footage: 5700
Number of Modules: 8
Available: Summer 2011

About the Building:

The building features a variety of green, sustainable features to achieve the highest-quality, healthy environment. A focused design and construction plan for maximum energy efficiency includes solar tube skylights to maximize natural light use, sustainable “Green Guard” insulation, high-grade sealants, and a white rubber roof that reflects solar heat. Coordinated sensors and electronic control of the lighting system turns off lights when there is no activity in the room. Other features of the building include exterior sun shades that reduce the need for cooling when the sun is hottest, recycled and rapidly renewable materials throughout, and a state of the art HVAC system that regulates and imports fresh air.

A permanent building designed with flexibility in mind. Not only is the building relocatable, but the interior paneled wall system is also flexible. Currently designed for a childcare center, the paneled walls can be taken down and reassembled to accommodate the next use - whether it is for a lab or office.

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Read what the Office of Sustainability at Harvard has to say about the building