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Downtown library designed to be a model of efficiency: city project offers a lesson in how to be budget-conscious and environmentally friendly.
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San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-APR-07 |
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access |
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Full Article Title: Downtown library designed to be a model of efficiency: city project offers a lesson in how to be budget-conscious and environmentally friendly.(SPECIAL REPORT: Green Construction) |
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Article Excerpt
For Art Castro, energy-efficient systems are becoming the norm today for designing and constructing new buildings. Sustainability, he said, is an integral part of modern architecture. So when the city of San Diego selected Castro's firm Tucker Sadler Architects to help make the Art Castro city's future downtown main library a green building, it wasn't a problem.
The $184 million library, scheduled to be completed in 2009, will include everything from water-efficient systems to natural lighting and electric vehicle charging systems. The city's goal is to earn a silver rating for the library from the U.S. Green Building Council, which sets guidelines and standards for achieving green status in a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification program.
Castro said the project may even achieve gold status. "One of our goals was to...
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