Continuing Education Classroom Building
Certified LEED Platinum in 2017
Green Building Features:
- Received all available credits for water use reduction and water-efficient landscaping
- Full points for on-site renewable energy and optimizing energy performance
- +5 LEED points for innovation in design
- Strategically mitigates the impact of glare and heat through a trellis patterned with 55-kW solar panels
- Natural gas and fuel gas piping are not part of the building projects energy source, but the building systems rely upon heat-pump technology for space and water heating
- High-efficiency lighting allows for a reduction of energy use while maintaining generous lighting levels, and uses LED light fixtures allows for performance 24% better than the California Energy Code