McKenney’s helped AdvancED—the world’s largest school accrediting agency—earn LEED® Gold certification with an innovative rainwater and condensate collection system.

1. Innovative Thinking, Gold Results
PROJECT NAME
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žž AdvancED Global H­ adquarters
PROJECT LOCATION
žž Alpharetta, Georgia
PROJECT TEAM
žž Owner: AdvancED
žž General Contractor: JE Dunn
žž Engineer: McKenney’s, Inc.
SPECIALIZATIONS
Building Information Modeling
Design/Build
LEED Certification
MARKETS
žž Commercial Offices
Photo courtesy of BRAE rainwater harvesting solutions, a Watts Water Technologies Company.
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cKenney’s helped AdvancED—
the world’s largest school
accrediting agency—earn
LEED® Gold certification with an innovative
rainwater and condensate collection system
that harvests water for irrigation and cools
the air conditioning system’s coils.
THE CHALLENGE
Though irrigation is typically the first consideration for rainwater use, energy conservation
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was also a top priority for AdvancED as
it pursued LEED certification for its new
60,000-square-foot global headquarters.
to use the water by spraying it on the
condenser coils, which significantly reduced
energy use.
THE SOLUTION
The McKenney’s team recommended and
installed packaged rooftop air conditioning
systems that use evaporative cooling on
the condenser coils. Rainwater from the
cistern was filtered and pumped to the rooftop
units. McKenney’s modified the rooftop units
THE RESULTS
Using spray coils—versus a traditional HVAC
installation—helped bump AdvancED to LEED
Gold certification while redirecting $200,000
to other project aspects. AdvancED is now in
an elite league of only three Georgia facilities
with this type of rainwater harvesting system.
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