Hershey Montessori School - Solar PV, Composting, Gardening

Overview

The 22,000 sq. ft. main building has all electric forced air heating, cooling and hot water from 11 geothermal wells using (8) 2-ton heat pumps.

The Community Center has approximately 22 wells similarly installed.

The Bioshelter is a 32x60 greenhouse designed to provide year round fresh organic produce using sunlight and local resources. Inside in operation is a composting reactor for animal waste, which provides heated air into gravel storage and plant beds, along with a separate composting toilet.

Adjacent to the Bioshelter is an extensive “program barn” and woodshop which is powered by a grid connected 2 kilowatt solar array mounted on its roof. The barn has infrared heaters that can be turned on over individual work stations as needed.

There is also a composting chamber that is used to compost manure which produces heat for a raised bed garden.

Solar powered electric fence

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Northeast Ohio Green Map
updated 07/2010 by GCBL staff