History

In 1883, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth came to Denver to build a safe haven for orphaned children. 120 years later, Mount Saint Vincent Home continues this tradition of charity by providing both residential and day-treatment services for children struggling with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties.

The classrooms used by Mount Saint Vincent Home are in a 100-year-old building located in northwest Denver, Colorado.

The staff has relied upon energy-inefficient window air conditioner units to cool critical spaces such as the computer room, library and offices. However, the classrooms have no such cooling. Each of the classrooms has six large windows with thin glass panes and very high ceilings. Further, given the size of these rooms and the natural inefficiencies of window units, the air conditioners could not begin to provide the proper cooling to facilitate a comfortable teaching and learning environment.

Coolerado Cooling

During the summer of 2003, a team was assembled to install a Coolerado Cooler C676 in the attic to provide cooling to two classrooms and the computer lab.

The Coolerado Cooler C676 cooled the rooms to a desirable temperature of 74°F. The system is quieter than the window air conditioner or room evaporative coolers that had been used on occasion.

The end result is a better learning environment for the children of Mount Saint Vincent Home.

The Team