William L. Dickinson High School

William L. Dickinson High School is a four-year, comprehensive community public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey and servesstudents in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. The facility is a multi-story, 356,000 square foot structure that includes typical educational, administrative, assembly and recreation spaces, plus an annex. The original school building was built in 1904 and was expanded in 1933 with the addition of the annex containing a swimming pool, cafeteria, and gymnasium. Spaces include classrooms, administrative offices, gymnasiums, locker rooms, an indoor pool, auditorium, library, kitchens, cafeteria, conference rooms, corridors, lobbies, restrooms, storage, and mechanical spaces. Facility lighting system consists primarily of 32-Watt T8 fluorescent fixtures. The building is 100% heated by four oil-fired steam boilers. It is partially cooled by packaged and window air conditioning units. The facility has retrofitted lighting systems to LED sources in areas that include the third floor classrooms, the new addition gymnasium, wood shop, and boiler room. They have also upgraded most of the exterior lights. The facility concerns include the old steam traps that are in poor condition and upgrading the building air circulation (ventilation) systems.