Green Options » environmental_center http://greenoptions.com/tag/environmental_center Posts tagged 'environmental_center' Fri, 09 May 2008 15:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en First 100% Off-Grid Green Building in San Francisco http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/09/first-100-off-grid-green-building-in-san-francisco/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/09/first-100-off-grid-green-building-in-san-francisco/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 15:23:55 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/09/first-100-off-grid-green-building-in-san-francisco/ kids-center.jpgIn San Francisco, some well financed and publicized condo projects like the Arterra spend big marketing dollars to push its LEED – NC status (wonder why they didn’t shoot for LEED on its other project the Hayes?) while the EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park LEED certified facility opened in relative obscurity.

This landmark youth education facility and environmental center sits smack in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood right next to the former PG & E power plant. Of all the areas in SF this area truly needs the Green building support. We’re psyched to report that the EcoCenter marks the first 100% off-grid green building in San Francisco, and boasts features that set the bar high for green building.

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