Discovery Elementary Is Officially America's Happiest Building!

Discovery Elementary Is Officially America's Happiest Building!

12.17.21

Arlington's Discovery Elementary School has received the top Livable Buildings Award from UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE), making it the happiest school in America! Now in its fifteenth year, the Livable Buildings Awards recognize projects that demonstrate high occupant satisfaction, excellent design, and innovative operation strategies.

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Discovery Elementary School Becomes First School and Third Project to Receive LEED Zero Energy Certification

Discovery Elementary School Becomes First School and Third Project to Receive LEED Zero Energy Certification

07.18.19

Discovery Elementary School is the first school and third project ever to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Zero Energy certification. Discovery is also the first recipient of the USGBC National Capital Region’s (NCR) Net Zero Award and is the only building in the NCR to date to demonstrate a net-positive energy balance

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Discovery Elementary School Certified as Largest Zero Energy Building to Date

Discovery Elementary School Certified as Largest Zero Energy Building to Date

05.02.18

Arlington Public Schools' Discovery Elementary School is the largest building of any kind, anywhere in the world to receive Zero Energy certification from the International Living Future Institute.

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Design-Thinking with Students as Experts

Design-Thinking with Students as Experts

11.16.17

The Discovery Elementary School Seat Design Challenge invited 83 fifth graders to re-imagine the design of furniture to create a novel space in their school. Featuring a host of experts working alongside students and teachers, the maker curriculum covered a 6-month period—from an initial discovery and research phase to a high-intensity 2-week prototyping workshop.

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Building Dashboard Systems Inspire Student Engagement and Environmental Stewardship

Building Dashboard Systems Inspire Student Engagement and Environmental Stewardship

06.21.17

An important and lasting link between the built environment and the learning environment at Discovery is a custom-designed, publicly-accessible building dashboard system.

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