Restaurant Reformer » Solar Thermal http://www.restaurantreformer.com Sustainable restaurant information Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:14:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Presentation Center Welcome Center (Los Gatos, CA) [LEED-NC Gold] http://www.restaurantreformer.com/2008/01/presentation-center-welcome-center-los-gatos-ca-leed-nc-gold/ http://www.restaurantreformer.com/2008/01/presentation-center-welcome-center-los-gatos-ca-leed-nc-gold/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:18:23 +0000 RR http://www.restaurantreformer.com/2008/01/presentation-center-welcome-center-los-gatos-ca-leed-nc-gold/ A new 10,170 square-foot straw bale welcome center and dining facility for the Presentation Center includes a kitchen and three dining areas with enough room to serve 200. The facility includes photovoltaics, solar thermal, straw-bale construction, a living roof, graywater use for landscaping, and extensive use of recycled construction materials.

Results include LEED-NC Gold [pdf], 50% reduction in energy consumption and 30% reduction in water consumption.

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