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14 West Coast Buildings That Use No Energy Whatsoever

    14 West Coast Buildings That Use No Energy Whatsoever

    The New Buildings Institute just came out with a list of Verified Zero Energy Buildings, and California dominated the list, with 14 out of the 39 buildings. Here they are.

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    Environmental Technology Center Sonoma State

    Environmental Technology Center Sonoma State

    Location: Rohnert Park

    Building Type: Education

    Size: 2,200 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: Passive solar heating and cooling, daylighting and advanced window systems.

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    Challengers Tennis Club

    Challengers Tennis Club

    Location: Los Angeles

    Building Type: Recreation

    Size: 3,500 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: The building has a PV array on the roof that provides 100% of the facility's necessary electricity consumption.

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    Leslie Shao-Ming Sun Field Station

    Leslie Shao-Ming Sun Field Station

    Location: Woodside

    Building Type: Education

    Size: 13,200 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: Due to the warm climate, the building’s largest energy load is cooling.

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    Audubon Center at Debs Park

    Audubon Center at Debs Park

    Location: East Los Angeles

    Building Type: Conservation center

    Size: 5,020 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: It's the first in LA to be entirely powered by on-site solar systems, functioning entirely "off the grid."

     

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    IDeAs Z2 Design Facility

    IDeAs Z2 Design Facility

    Location: San Jose

    Building Type: Office

    Size: 6,557 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: An integrated design approach focused on plug load reduction, plentiful daylighting and continuous energy metering.

     

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    Bacon Street Offices

    Bacon Street Offices

    Location: San Diego

    Building Type: Office

    Size: 4,500 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: Passive and active strategies for power, water heating, lighting and ventilation are all utilized in the design of the buildings operations.  

    7 of 14

    Watsonville Water Resources Center

    Watsonville Water Resources Center

    Location: Watsonville

    Building Type: Office

    Size: 16k SF

    Cool Energy Feature: The HVAC system delivers thermal comfort and ventilation separately.

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    DPR Construction San Diego Net Zero Office

    DPR Construction San Diego Net Zero Office

    Location: San Diego

    Building Type: Office

    Size: 24k SF

    Cool Energy Feature: This cutting-edge office building remodel was the first commercial building to achieve LEED NC v2.2 Platinum certification in San Diego.

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    Vacaville Transportation Center

    Vacaville Transportation Center

    Location: Vacaville

    Building Type: Transportation

    Size: 261,360 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: Refractive glass windscreens, curving along the spine of each bench, produce warm glare-free illumination from hidden LED lights. 

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    Diamond X Ranch Student Intern Center- Malibu

    Diamond X Ranch Student Intern Center- Malibu

    Location: Calabasas

    Building Type: Lodging

    Size: 3,500 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: A grid-tied 35 killowat photovoltaic system provides 100% of the energy needs for the dorm each year, as well as surplus energy for a nearby maintenance office.

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    David and Lucile Packard Foundation

    David and Lucile Packard Foundation

    Location: Los Altos

    Building Type: Office

    Size: 49,161 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: Crowned largest Net Zero Energy certified building in the world, the building has energy-, water- and resource-conserving characteristics.

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    Sacred Hearts Schools Stevens Public Library

    Sacred Hearts Schools Stevens Public Library

    Location: Atherton

    Building type: Library

    Size: 6,300 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: In addition to a being a serene learning environment for students, the library is independent from fossil fuels and has reduced the campus’ resource usage. 

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    West Berkeley Public Library

    West Berkeley Public Library

    Location: Berkeley

    Building type: Library

    Size: 9,300 SF

    Cool Energy Feature: The first “net zero” energy library in the state, it has solar panels producing on average 500 kilowatts per hour more per month than the building uses.

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