East Aurora Central School District

Pathfinder provided mechanical and plumbing engineering for renovations at three school buildings, including:

Parkdale Elementary, a two-story, 120,000 sq. ft. building

• 51 new classroom unit ventilators equipped with demand controlled ventilation for improved energy efficiency and indoor air quality
• New roof-mounted unit ventilators with energy recovery systems
• New air cooled chiller and hot and chilled water piping distribution systems
• New dedicated air handling system serving the historic school auditorium

East Aurora Middle School, a three-story, 190,000 sq. ft. building

• New cafeteria kitchen exhaust system; exhaust fan array was redesigned and relocated to the rear of the kitchen to make additional space available on upper floors
• New air cooled chiller and hot and chilled water piping distribution systems
• Four new air handling units with energy recovery
• Conversion of existing building hydronic hot water system to operate on propylene glycol solution

East Aurora High School, a single-story, 220,000 sq. ft. building

• New NFPA-61 compliant cafeteria kitchen exhaust and makeup air systems
• Air handling unit to serve the band room and music classrooms with all system components selected and located to minimize sound transmission
• Conversion of existing building hydronic hot water system to operate on propylene glycol solution