Proctor Academy’s new Dining Commons will be the greenest building ever constructed on the campus. Photo: Jim Cox

The new Proctor Academy dining hall is starting to really take shape (literally and figuratively) along Main Street across from Carr Field. For those in the community who have been wondering about the new building, here are a few fun facts.

The Proctor Dining Commons will be Proctor’s greenest building constructed to date and will:

• Include 16,100 square feet of kitchen, servery, dining, meeting, and support spaces
• Be Net Zero Ready
• Encompass rain gardens to eliminate adding water to an older drainage system​
• Incorporate low- and zero-VOC emitting materials used in construction
• Include skylights to allow for natural lighting
• Utilize more than 40 geothermal wells for a heating/cooling system
• Use all-electrical kitchen equipment, eliminating use of fossil fuels.​ (All of Proctor’s electrical energy is either produced through solar or is purchased from renewable energy sources.)
• Allow for separate metering capability to monitor energy consumption

The facility is scheduled to be online for the start of the 2016-2017 school year.