AVRPS has designed a training center for utility workers that is meant to be a prototype for similar projects that strive to net zero energy. The Center is designed to be LEED Gold certified, providing all its own energy and water or landscape irrigation. The training center totals 18,000 SF and is actually two separate structures, one is an L-shape and the other is a rectangle. The two structures come together creating a courtyard in the middle.
A special sustainable design feature is the use of solar panels not only on the roof but on the skin of the building on the east and west sides. They provide not only electricity but help shade the building when the sun is at its peak. The center has a total of 256 solar panels. In addition to training classrooms, the center includes a 1,000-sf outdoor gym on the ground level.
AVRPS has designed a training center for utility workers that is meant to be a prototype for similar projects that strive to net zero energy. The Center is designed to be LEED Gold certified, providing all its own energy and water or landscape irrigation. The training center totals 18,000 SF and is actually two separate structures, one is an L-shape and the other is a rectangle. The two structures come together creating a courtyard in the middle.
A special sustainable design feature is the use of solar panels not only on the roof but on the skin of the building on the east and west sides. They provide not only electricity but help shade the building when the sun is at its peak. The center has a total of 256 solar panels. In addition to training classrooms, the center includes a 1,000-sf outdoor gym on the ground level.
