Moriah Central School District is in northeast New York in the city of Port Henry. The district is composed of the Moriah Elementary School and the Moriah Central School which is a combined middle school and high school covering grades 7 through 12 with approximately 350 students. The school has been in existence since the mid 1970’s and the board decided to undergo a needed multi-project reconstruction.
After much analysis and deliberation, the School District ultimately chose a local engineering firm to provide services for a multi-project reconstruction. Synthesis is a multi-disciplined design firm providing architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, site and environmental planning, LEED Certification services, interior design, and graphic design services for civic, medical, municipal, educational, commercial, corporate, retail, institutional and residential projects.
Like their other projects, the engineering firm incorporated as many sustainable and energy conscious design features as possible. This focus on sustainability was important to both Synthesis and the Moriah School District.
Working closely with a building committee made up of the district administration, Board of Education members and members of the community, Synthesis thoroughly scoped the entire facility and provided long term solutions that reduced maintenance and increased durability. The scope included much needed renovations, including boiler replacement, ventilation improvements, complete auditorium upgrades, pool reconstruction, office reconfiguration, traffic safety & parking improvements, and more.
As part of this large project, Superior Boiler’s Triads were chosen for the boiler replacement. The heating plant ended up comprising seven Triad 2000 boilers; four units were just Space Heating Hot Water boilers while three units were Combination boilers which provide both Space Heating and Domestic Hot Water from each vessel.
Triad boilers are extremely rugged and utilize heat exchanger with a firetube design. Each Series 2000 Combination unit also has a very large 92 footlong copper coil, 1.5 inches diameter that is immersed in the boiler water. This is an indirectly fired “tankless” coil used to provide domestic hot water. Due to its large diameter and indirect firing, it is quite difficult to damage the coil. It can provide a large amount of hot water for applications such as kitchens, bathrooms and showers. The coil can also be used for swimming pool heating.
The burners were dual fuel units firing at 2,200,000 BTU to handle natural gas or no. 2 oil, depending on the need of the school. The entire system provided total output of 12,780,000 BTU.
The Moriah School now has a rugged system that is designed to last at least 30 years, while providing maximum efficiency due to the modular set up, especially during fall and spring.