Yesterday afternoon the U.S. Green Building Council presented a plaque to Poly Prep Lower School in recognition of the facility’s new addition, which has attained LEED Silver certification. The Park Slope private school is the first school in New York City to be certified under the LEED system. Platt Byard Dovell White designed the addition to the landmark school on Prospect Park West and 1st Street, and it includes eight new classrooms and a gym. Much of the new structure’s energy comes from renewable sources. In a press release about the building’s green features, Poly Prep Grade 2 students Sofia and Gabi are quoted thus: “It is good that we have big windows, so we get more sun and don’t have to use a lot of electricity. I like how they used bamboo instead of wood, because trees help us breathe.”
Poly Prep’s New(ish) Look [Brownstoner]