Developer Receives 8th LEED Platinum Certification

BERKELEY, Calif. — David Brower Center, named for the Sierra Club’s first executive director, earned owner Integral Group its eighth LEED Platinum certified building.

 

The mixed-use project in downtown Berkeley was aimed at educating users and the public about sustainable design and includes 50,000 square feet of office space, public education space, and a restaurant.

 

The center provides a home for the environmental movement: rental office space for environmental nonprofit organizations and conference center facilities for environmentally conscious events.

 

Energy- and water-efficient design strategies include optimal siting, 100 percent daylighting of all office areas, natural ventilation, a high-performance building skin, and a high efficiency HVAC system that includes in-slab radiant heating and cooling, according to Integral Group.

 

The building also features photovoltaic power generation with panels doubling as sun-shade devices, collection and reuse of rainwater for irrigation and toilet flushing, a rainwater catchment system that provides water for flushing toilets and irrigation, low-flow fixtures used throughout the building and a solar hot-water system. The building also includes waterless urinals.
 

The architect of the building was Solomon E.T.C.