Sonoma State University at Rohnert Park has completed construction of the Environmental Technology Center, a 2,230-sf student environmental science building. Built by the Sacramento, Calif. office of McCarthy, the facility will serve as a public demonstration project and features sustainable, state-of-the-art, energy efficient architecture and design. To reduce chemical agents and improve concrete density, an experimental concrete mix was used that contains high concentrations of industrial by-products fly ash and rice hull ash. The facility was built with sustainable harvest lumber and utilizes five different wall construction methods as an educational display. Temperature and airflow are continuously monitored for optimum energy efficiency by the building management system, a cutting-edge technology that operates lights, external venetian blinds, airfoil sunshades, motorized windows, fans, a hydronic floor heating systems, indirect evaporative cooling units, and a solar voltaic array.
Sonoma State Completes Environmental Tech Center
Rohnert Park, Calif.
