Eco building in San Francisco to support education
Imagine a complete building which won’t only support education, but also supported with LEED Platinum certification. Let’s meet the Sustainable CCSF Joint Use Facility which is located at San Francisco. This building is great news for university students as they can receive knowledge while being inside this state of art building from Pfau Long architecture. This building will provide a link between City College of San Francisco and SF State University to offer their students Associate and Bachelor degrees in various fields including teacher education, community health programs, and child development. Throughout this three story building, we can find various classrooms, study space, offices, specialized laboratories and research places, and the other academic functions as well. Students can also receive physiological development facilities including career planning spaces, counseling rooms, and even computer laboratories.
The special thing about the Sustainable CCSF Joint Use Facility is not only about its facilities. It will receive LEED Platinum certification for their Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The amazing award will be given because of the various sustainable elements we could find throughout the facility building. It’s equipped with natural ventilation, abundant daylight for maximum comfort, radiant flooring, a green roof, geothermal central plant, and even well designed shading. LEED Platinum is one of the most trusted certifications to indicate the green level of a building. Therefore, there’s no wonder that this Community College project could earn so many appreciations from the education world.
There are popular names like Peter Pfau, AIA, Charles Higueras, Tim Craig, Michael Jak, and LEED AP behind this environmental friendly building. Its square footage is also about 86,000 GSF. With so many features, the sparkling people of San Francisco must be proud to have this kind of eco building in their town. This living evidence could prove that education and architecture can be combined to reach green design, and even passed the LEED certification for platinum award.
