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| published Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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The Coast Community College District (CCCD), located in Orange County, California, comprises three community colleges that enroll more than 60,000 students per year in over 300 degree and certificate programs. Founded in 1947, the CCCD enjoys a reputation as one of the leading community college districts in the United States.
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| published Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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had few incentives or
disincentives to incorporate high efficiency design features and appliances into their
projects.
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| published Friday, June 12, 2009 |
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is a three-story, 45,000 ft2
building on Sierra Nevada College’s Lake Campus that demonstrates how an ambitious project team can successfully reduce
energy usage by implementing a variety of innovative mechanical designs at minimal
additional first cost.
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| published Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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of great energy efficient buildings, selected from several areas in northern and southern California.
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| published Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
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Building form and orientation can have a profound impact on overall building energy use and comfort. One of the greatest challenges facing architects designing new buildings is striking a balance between client needs and energy efficiency.
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| published Thursday, April 01, 2004 |
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Mercury News' 410,000-square-foot printing plant
redesigned their compressed air system. San Jose Mercury News
engineering staff realized that the system was inefficient, leading to
high energy and operating costs. To address the problem, the company
turned to a statewide investor-owned utility sponsored energy
efficiency program, Savings By Design (SBD), for help in designing the
system and suggesting cost-saving improvements.
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| published Monday, March 01, 2004 |
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Headquarters and Inland Empire Utilities
Agency (IEUA) Facility were designed and built using these strategies
and this case study reports the signficant results both projects are
demonstrating.
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| published Sunday, February 01, 2004 |
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projects have taken advantage of
climate-related and site-specific characteristics to design and
construct high-performance, environmentally friendly buildings.
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| published Thursday, January 01, 2004 |
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box stores are looking toward energy efficiency and
sustainable design strategies to provide a competitive edge and
increase profitability across the nation and in California’s
hard-hitting marketplace.
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| published Monday, December 01, 2003 |
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the concept, design, and construction phases of new
K-12 school projects in California impact students, teachers, parents,
and the community for various reasons. For children and teachers, their
daily comfort and performance is affected by the classrooms, hallways,
gymnasiums, and auditoriums where they interact from four to eight
hours each day.
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| published Saturday, November 01, 2003 |
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is an air distribution system designed to
simultaneiously improve indoor air quality and reduce energy use. Cool,
rather than cold supply air is provided through low sidewall diffusers
directly to occupants. The cool air, at about 65 degrees F rather than
55 degrees F, falls to the floor due to gravity and spreads across the
floor.
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| published Wednesday, October 01, 2003 |
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program and the Energy Design Resources tools
have helped the San Mateo Police Facility design team to design a
building that will meet the City of San Mateo’s goals for a LEED Silver
rating and will provide long-term financial benefits to the City.
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| published Monday, September 01, 2003 |
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of California’s Energy Efficiency Standards for
Residential and Nonresidential Buildings, commonly known as Title 24,
went into effect October 1, 2005. Building plans submitted after this
date must meet the requirements of these updated Standards, which span
envelope, lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
and domestic water heating measures.
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| published Friday, August 01, 2003 |
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product demand, Piranha Pipe and Precast
(Piranha) built a new production facility in Chowchilla, California.
Piranha’s management needed a concrete plant with greater production
capacity, but they were concerned about increased energy consumption.
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| published Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
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San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) redesigned
their plant to increase its capacity and better serve the residents of
Dublin and San Ramon. The plant’s engineers worked with PG&E staff
under the auspices of a statewide investor-owned utility sponsored
energy efficiency program, Savings By Design (SBD), to analyze the
plant’s energy consumption patterns and design it as efficiently as
possible.
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| published Sunday, June 01, 2003 |
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district were built with few windows, and students complained they felt "claustrophobic." Based on these comments, as well as concerns about energy efficiency, the school board decided that natural light was essential to the learning experience.
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| published Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
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typically consumes more energy than any other
end use. Consequently, the design team for the Multi-Agency Library at
the College of the Desert decided to take advantage of the abundant
natural light available in this desert climate to reduce energy use.
This strategy directly resulted in strong architectural elements that
delineate the building, making it a readily identifiable icon for the
college campus and the surrounding community.
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| published Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
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to daylighting during a recent major
remodeling campaign. Today, all 83 of this company’s home improvement
warehouse stores use extensive skylights and photocontrols.
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| published Saturday, March 01, 2003 |
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at Mission Foods’ new Production Facility in
Rancho Cucamonga have helped the company save more than $300,000 per
year in operating costs.
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| published Saturday, February 01, 2003 |
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largest manufacturers of drums, was concerned
about losing long-time employees when it moved to a new 199,000-square
foot plant 25 miles from its original location. Ensuring a pleasant
work environment in the new location was a high priority because
management realized that this would help retain employees.
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| published Wednesday, January 01, 2003 |
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opted to emphasize "green" building practices in
its new South Astaire Building. This three-story combination office
building and movie/television set serves as an expansion to Sony’s main
studio. A large central skylight spills natural light into the
building’s open central court.
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| published Sunday, December 01, 2002 |
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of boots and outdoor clothing, opened its
new distribution center in a 400,000-square foot warehouse near
Ontario, Calif. This warehouse came equipped with skylights, and
lighting controls were installed during tenant improvements.
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| published Friday, November 01, 2002 |
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"water tower" feature dominates both the exterior and
interior of the single-story Victor Valley Water District
Administrative Facility. Located in a high desert climate, this
building has 12-inch-thick exterior walls with solid-grouted concrete
masonry.
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| published Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
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Institute in La Jolla, California, is a
123,000-square-foot laboratory and office building completed in 1999.
Among the energy efficiency measures included in the building are
systems for limiting energy waste associated with its 92 fume hoods and
its air handling, space conditioning, and lighting systems.
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| published Sunday, September 01, 2002 |
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Georgina Blach Intermediate School (Blach
School) in Los Altos, California, walked into a newly remodeled,
high-performance school facility in the fall of 2002.
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| published Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
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for the Santa Ana Police Headquarters focused on their
unique opportunities for reducing energy use at this round-the-clock
facility, which includes a holding facility.
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| published Monday, July 01, 2002 |
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in the desert above the Mojave River, the new
Learning Resource Center at Victor Valley Community College provides
more reading and study areas, book stacks, conference rooms and offices
to the college’s existing library. The building’s form (including its
central skylight, roof monitors, and angled shading devices) provides
dramatic natural lighting in the addition’s reading areas.
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