Los Angeles Mission College East Campus Complex - Sylmar, Ca
Leed-NC Platinum Certification

New 96,000 SF educational and laboratory building for the Los Angeles Community College District which included 16 classrooms and 11 laboratories, an auditorium, departmental offices, Student Lounge and Faculty Lounge.

Sustainable Features:
A 44,000 SF, 408-space, pervious paving parking lot is covered by Photovoltaic Panels. Included state-of-the-art controls systems for lighting and HVAC high performance building façade with Swiss Pearl Rainscreen panel system.

Ymca PG&E Teen Center - Berkeley, Ca
Leed-CS Platinum Certification

Close to transportation, serving a needed community, and incorporating resource efficient methods and materials, this building exemplifies sustainable design. The YMCA PG&E Teen Center project consisted of the partial deconstruction of a two-story building donated by PG&E, converting it into a dynamic three-story youth center and BAYMCA administration headquarters.

Sustainable Features:
Rooftop photovoltaic and radiant heating. PV Solar system included peak watts 8,460, CEC rated watts 7,240, $12,657 rebate equaling 9% of building power.

The Emerson – Los Angeles, Ca
Leed-NC Gold Certification

New 20-story high-rise residential tower with four levels of parking. The ground level is occupied by a restaurant, cafe, main lobby, technology center, office space and a fitness center. Levels 2 thru 18 are occupied primarily by residential dwelling units and accessory building service rooms. Level 19, the Penthouse level, is occupied by a large rooftop terrace, a party room, a kitchen, dwelling units, and accessory building service rooms. There are 271 residential apartment units - market rate and affordable.

Sustainable Features:
The building design incorporates a pure rectangular white prism punctuated by windows of varying sizes and proportions. The windows gradually change in scale, culminating in energy zones of full glass at the ground level on Grand Avenue and at the top of the building facing Hope Street and the freeway.

Montage Hotel Beverly Hills – Beverly Hills, Ca
Leed-NC Gold Certification

Five-star luxury hotel, public gardens and commercial building in the heart of the Beverly Hills Triangle. The seven-story Hotel includes a 19,700 SF full-service spa, restaurants, rooftop pool, 9,630 SF of meeting space, retail space and 25 penthouse condo units. The project also includes Public Gardens and a 24,000 SF commercial building all over a subterranean parking garage. Inspired by Spanish Revival architecture, the building is a modern translation with plaster walls, terra cotta-tiled roof with plaster columns, arches and authentic Spanish tile details.

Sustainable Features:
This is the first certified ultra-luxury hotel in Southern California for LEED for New Construction, one of just four Gold certified hotels worldwide designated by USGBC. It is also the first newly constructed mixed-use hotel and residential project to be LEED certified as a single development, denoting it as a high performance building that is a responsible, efficient and healthy place to live and work.

Annenberg Community Beach House – Santa Monica, Ca
Leed-NC Gold Certification

Design-build adaptive re-use and historic renovation of the 5.5-acre Marion Davies Estate for the City of Santa Monica and the Annenberg Foundation. The beachfront estate was constructed in the 1920s by William Randolph Hearst and designed by Julia Morgan. Today, the site includes three elements from the original Marion Davies Estate fully restored: the Guest House, Swimming Pool and a bulkhead. Project scope also included a renewed site with sand and outdoor recreational areas anchored by 18,141 SF of new one and two-story buildings.

Sustainable Features:
Photovoltaic and water heating system for the historic pool as well as underground stormwater retention and ground water recharge system. Project received numerous Conservancy awards.

Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery – Davis, Ca
Net-zero Energy Certification

This 8,500 SF facility is a design-build project for the University of California at Davis is the first self-sustaining, zero-carbon teaching and research facility in the world. The Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery (JSWB) is the first building at any university to be certified Net Zero Energy under the Living Building Challenge.

Sustainable Features:

No conventional heating or air conditioning were installed in the building to minimize the energy required to run this facility. The JSWB is designed to never drop below 50°F (10°C) or above 80°F (27°C ) even during the hot summers found in Davis. Temperature is controlled by efficient night air cooling in summer and warm day heating in winter. Windows near the peak of the slanted ceiling open automatically at night during the summer to allow natural circulation of the air through a fan that introduces the cool nighttime air near the floor. Hot or cold water can be circulated to heat or cool the floor slab of the building via tubes within the slab.

• One of the first commercial buildings to use a blower door test to validate the low air infiltration rate of 1950 cubic feet per minute at 50 Pascals—as tight as a passive house
• Provides water harvesting, filtration and power production to the adjacent Teaching and Research winery and Food Science Laboratory
• Pre-installed process piping will connect to systems that treat water re-use and that will enable net-zero water and energy use
• No active heating and cooling equipment
• The concrete used was the first use of Central Concrete’s low-CO2 90% replacement cement mix, which contributed to enabling the lowest-carbon CMU wall built to date
• Carbon Cure concrete blocks permanently sequester carbon dioxide and maintain a consistent temperature
• 75% waste diversion rate
• Solar panels were installed to create a 5kw system that can accommodate up to 30kw as needed to maintain net zero energy over time
• Building envelope insulation consists of R-59.5 walls and a R-76 roof

El Cerrito Recycling Center - El Cerrito, Ca
Leed-NC Platinum Certification

Partnering with Zeta Communities, this new 2,000 SF recycling center on a two-acre site provides a high quality modular structure that furthers the team’s material, energy, water and cost goals in a way that site built construction could not. With extensive community input, the design-build team met El Cerrito’s environmental goals, commitment and leadership in the design and construction of this LEED Platinum Certified new center. The Center not only serves as a recycling drop-off location, but also as a living model of sustainable practices.

Sustainable Features:
Net-zero water use, net-zero energy use, and innovative re-use of building materials.

Bishop O’dowd High School Center For Environmental Studies – Oakland, Ca
Targeting Leed Platinum Certification

This new “living lab” is located on the north hillside of the campus overlooking stunning views of the Bay. The Center features two large indoor laboratory classrooms and a single large covered outdoor classroom; ample space for study, experimentation, research and group gatherings; office, restroom and storage facilities; a mobile kitchen, pizza oven/barbecue and fire circle; and a greenhouse.

Designed to maximize natural lighting and ventilation while being extremely energy efficient, the building offers the flexibility of an indoor/outdoor learning environment. North-facing walls will open out into the adjacent tree-covered hillside and the west-facing wall onto the large open terrace.

Sustainable Features:
Roof-mounted photovoltaic panels provide a majority of the Center’s power; Large on-site cisterns allow for the collection and storage of rainwater; South-facing wall is cooled by a “living lattice” of plant life and features high-angle clerestory windows.