CPS Air Conditioning Program

In the summer of 2015, the PBC and Chicago Public Schools teamed up to oversee the CPS Air Conditioning Program, a joint effort to install air conditioning units in 35 schools across the city.  In 2013, fewer than half of the CPS campuses had air conditioning in every classroom. Since 2013, air conditioning has been installed at 177 CPS schools, and, after these newest air conditioners were installed in 2015, there are only 65 school campuses remaining that need air conditioners.

This project included the furnishing & installation of 300 replacement window AC units and 1,114 new AC units at 35 locations, as well as upgrades of electrical infrastructure as required. To complete this project on a short schedule, 35 schools were split into 3 regions. All AC units were installed by the first day of the 2015-2016 school year.

Project Locations

Daniel J. Corkery Elementary School

Robert Healy Elementary School

Eli Whitney Elementary School

Ashburn Community Elementary School

Marquette Elementary School

Mount Greenwood Elementary School

Francis W. Parker Community Academy

William P. Nixon Elementary School

Spry Community Links High School

Emiliano Zapata Academy

James Monroe Elementary School

Bernhard Moos Elementary School

Avondale-Logandale Elementary School

William P. Gray Elementary School

Hanson Park Elementary School

Josephine C. Locke Elementary School

John B. Murphy Elementary School

John Palmer Elementary School

Portage Park Elementary School

George B. Swift Specialty School

Cyrus H. McCormick Elementary School

James G Blaine Elementary School