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The interior of the laboratory is washed with daylight, as this photo shows.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
The roof of the open office for researchers shown in this photo tilts up to a clerestory for daylight and ventilation.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
This photo of the conference room shows the tables made from wood salvaged from a nearby municipal yard.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
The south elevation, shown in this photo, includes windows for daylight and ventilation, the night sky spray system, and siding made from salvaged wine casks.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
This photo shows the sun shades and lightshelves.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
As these floor plan drawings show, the program was divided between lab and office spaces in order to facilitate innovative energy strategies such as cascading air flows.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This site plan shows the building with its native landscaping and shade trees.
Credit: Ron Lutsko Landscape Architecture
This drawing shows the longitudinal section of the building.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This schematic section illustrates the project's sustainable design strategies.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This photo captures the night sky system, which produces chilled water for the building's mechanical systems, in spray mode.
Credit: Paul Sterbentz
This photo of the inside of the cool tower, which uses katabatic air movement to cool the lobby, shows the misters installed in the tower.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
This schematic explains the night sky radiant cooling system.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This diagram of the laboratory area shows many of the innovations in the zone's mechanical system.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This graph of the post-occupancy evaluation data gathered by the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) shows the building's extremely high satisfaction scores.
Credit: EHDD Architecture
This photo of the building at dusk shows the adjacent bike racks, which serve many of the building's occupants.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
This photo shows the lobby with its bi-fold doors open to passerby.
Credit: Peter Aaron / Esto Photographics
