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American Modular Systems has unveiled the Gen7 – its line of green indoor learning environments. The Gen7 represents the state of the art in green classroom environments, offering a range of time, money and energy-saving features that provide a safe, healthy, eco-friendly, low-maintenance environment that fosters optimal learning potential.
The Gen7 has been designed to help schools fulfill their modernization and expansion needs quickly and affordably, while providing direct and permanent long-term cost savings. Gen7’s self-contained classroom solutions are delivered 90 percent complete and installed in as little as a few days with minimal job-site disruption.
Among the highlights of these grid-neutral classrooms are their high recycled and recyclable materials content, low and zero-VOC interiors, state-of-the-art acoustical design, energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems, and smart lighting system with integrated daylight harvesting features. In addition, Gen7 has California Department of the State Architect approval. Piggyback-able and with PC approval, Gen7 saves time and money in the procurement process, which can take as little as 90 days from order to installation.
The company has also collaborated with a number of companies that provide energy-saving systems like cooling systems and a range of solar solutions to harvest clean energy.
Via: AMS [Press Release]
