VA COTE Building Tour: Highland Springs High School – Built for Performance
(Photo credit: Maylone Photography)
Join AIAVA COTE and USGBC for our 2026 building tour series! We wish to celebrate exciting and innovative sustainable building design around the Commonwealth. Each month we will focus on a project in one of the five AIA Virginia component areas that has achieved LEED or other sustainable certification. Tours will provide AIA and USGC CEU’s for participants.
Join us for a tour of LEED Gold Highland Springs High School, located in eastern Henrico County, and experience how thoughtful design and public investment can deliver measurable energy, health, and community benefits. The building features an on-site solar PV array contributing to 54% whole-building energy cost savings, supported by building-level energy metering, demand-response participation, and comprehensive commissioning of building systems and envelope. A strong emphasis on indoor environmental quality—including MERV-13 filtration, low-VOC materials, construction IAQ management, acoustic performance targets, and occupant thermal and lighting controls—supports healthier, more productive learning environments. The project also showcases smart site reuse, reduced water use, dark-sky compliant lighting, waste reduction, and material transparency, offering a replicable model for cost-effective, resilient, and community-focused public school design.
1 AIA LU | HSW
1 GBCI LU
AIA Member: $15
USGBC Member: $15
Non-Member: $30
Students: FREE
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*Registration closes at 12:00pm on 3/25.
*Attendees must bring identification and check in at the front office to obtain a VISITOR badge
