架构师提供的文本描述。六年前，贝尔德·桑普森·诺伊特建筑师完成了托马斯·L·威尔斯公立学校。作为多伦多地区学校委员会设计的新一代高性能“绿色学校”中的第一所，托马斯·L·威尔斯打算成为一个示范，展示可持续的设计战略和有利于学生成绩的总体环境质量。

Text description provided by the architects. Six years ago, Baird Sampson Neuert architects completed Thomas L. Wells Public School. Designed as the first of a new generation of high performance ‘green schools’ by the Toronto District School Board, Thomas L. Wells was intended to serve as a model demonstrating both sustainable design strategies and an overall environmental quality that is conducive to student achievement.

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该项目获得LEED银牌认证，成为加拿大第一所LEED小学，并于2008年获得美国建筑师协会荣誉奖。最初，能源建模预计商业建筑激励计划(CBIP)基础案例将减少35%的能源使用，但BSN高兴地看到，GreenSource最近的审查表明，实际表现要高出47%，超出了预期。

The project received LEED Silver certification becoming the first LEED elementary school in Canada and was also awarded an American Institute of Architects Honor Award in 2008. Original, energy modeling anticipated a 35% reduction in energy use from the Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP) base case, however BSN was pleased to see that recent examination by GreenSource suggests actual performance is much higher at 47% and exceeding expectations.

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(汤姆·阿班)

托马斯·L·威尔斯被设计成与学习、社会和环境打交道的场所。围绕庭院、中央图书馆和多用途房间的教室布局，最大限度地利用了紧凑型场地上的绿地，为年轻学生和周围居民提供了一个透明、刺激的增长场所。

Thomas L. Wells was designed as a terrain for engagement with learning, society and the environment. The layout of classrooms grouped around courtyards, a central library, and multipurpose room, maximizes green space on the compact site and provides a transparent, stimulating place of growth for young learners as well as civic community for surrounding residents.

该建筑被设想为“系统”，将建筑设计与环境性能结合起来。教室的布置是为了最大限度地利用太阳，它们的正面是为采光效果和控制阳光而设计的。灯架遮阳，夏季阳光较高，将冬季阳光反射到建筑物深处。高和低窗通风口的组合提供了有效的被动通风替代机械冷却和传感器关闭不需要的教室灯。

Conceived as a ‘system of systems,’ the building integrates architectural design with environmental performance. Classrooms are laid out to maximize solar exposure and their facades are designed for daylighting effectiveness and sun control. Light shelves shade high summer sun and reflect low winter sun deep into the building. A combination of high and low window vents provides effective passive ventilation as an alternative to mechanical cooling and sensors turn off unneeded classroom lights.

预制混凝土地板和砌体结构为采收冬季太阳能和延缓夏季蓄热提供了热质量，是独特的置换空气通风和地板辐射供暖系统的组成部分。返回气流中的热量与浴室和服务室排出的自由热量一起在中央工厂回收。在整个过程中使用的耐用材料促进了长期的可持续性以及室内空气质量。

The pre-cast concrete floor and masonry structure provide thermal mass to harvest winter solar energy and retard summer heat buildup and are an integral part of the unique displacement air ventilation and radiant floor heating system. Heat in the return air stream is recovered in the central plant along with free heat from bathroom and service room exhaust. Durable materials used throughout promote long term sustainability as well as indoor air quality.

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(汤姆·阿班)