The César E. Chávez Memorial Building is a 10-story office building with a 377-stall parking garage. Our team provided energy modeling, life-cycle cost analysis, sustainability consulting, and high-performance building services to assist the project in meeting LEED and Federal Guiding Principles. The new parking garage features a solar sculpture capable of producing 115-kW hours of renewable energy, offsetting the building’s energy consumption by 5% and reducing domestic hot water grid energy by 30%, as well as LED lighting and occupancy sensors.
The project made use of locally available materials, such as Yule marble, recycled steel, and terrazzo made from 50% recycled beer bottles from local breweries.
