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This design for a mixed use project in downtown Berkeley provides many opportunities to educate users and the public about sustainable design. The project’s Architects collaborated closely with Rumsey Engineers from the earliest stages of the design process to create a building that is optimal in its energy efficiency, functionality and user comfort. Named after the Sierra Club’s first executive director, David Brower, the project includes 96 apartments, public education space, a restaurant, underground parking, and 50,000 square feet of office and educational space for environmental non-profits. A dramatic public rotunda provides daylight and natural ventilation for the various commercial uses. Important energy and water efficient design strategies included in the project are: optimal siting, daylighting, natural ventilation, a high efficiency HVAC system that emphasizes low energy and comfortable systems, photovoltaic power generation, and solar hot water. |
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