Waterbury Career Academy

Project Overview

Waterbury, CT – In 2010, the Career Academy High School, one of Waterbury’s five high schools, was renovated-as-new.  This public high school was renovated to include specialty vocational spaces, computer laboratories, and machine shops in addition to traditional academic spaces such as classrooms, gymnasiums, media center, laboratory classrooms, administrative office and cafeteria. SES provided fundamental and enhanced commissioning services for compliance with the Connecticut High Performance Building Standards that included pre-design, design, construction and post occupancy services.  The scope of work included commissioning of all HVAC equipment, central chilled water and hot water heating plant, air handling systems, terminal devices, lab exhaust systems, general exhaust, domestic hot water, fire alarm system, lighting controls and building envelope.