The new Napa Stadium is nearing completion. Click the image above for a closer glimpse at the renderings.
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Archive for September, 2010
Teaching Tool – Photovoltaic Monitoring at Mendocino K-8
Thursday, September 16th, 2010This web based K-8 Photovoltaic monitoring system is a remarkable display that shows current and historic PV panel output for the school. The display translates the energy production to its environmental benefits–a real time teachable moment for students. Since this is web based it can be displayed anywhere on campus.
Eco-Structure Magazine Visits American Canyon High School
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Recently Eco-Structure magazine interviewed Bill Orr, Executive Director of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS). The interview took place at American Canyon High School—the first Verified CHPS school in California. Read the article here.
Technical Consultant to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Led by Hallam-ICS, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects is a member of a multi-disciplinary team chosen by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to provide technical support to their Commercial Building Partnerships program. Quattrocchi Kwok Architects will serve as the west coast architectural technical consultant to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Building Partnerships initiative engages commercial businesses interested in constructing new buildings or retrofitting existing buildings that are significantly more energy efficient than the current building stock. The Hallam-ICS team will work with multiple new and existing building construction projects to create, test, and validate design features that will support the Commercial Building Initiative.