by jbs0502009 j3 — May 4, 2009—To celebrate San Francisco, the host city of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2009 Convention, and its commitment to sustainable design, the AIA has partnered with Mayor Gavin Newsom to select San Francisco’s most environmentally friendly buildings. The AIA San Francisco chapter and city representatives identified a cross-section of building types and uses representing the diversity of green buildings in San Francisco.
The announcement comes on the heels of Mayor Newsom’s signing of a groundbreaking green building ordinance to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in San Francisco, notes AIA. The city’s goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent by 2012.
The San Francisco’s Greenest list includes buildings that are certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star Program. Signature historic preservation projects that have built-in sustainability strategies through energy retrofits, procurement, and the operations of the facility were also selected.
“San Francisco’s Greenest” (listed in alphabetical order) include:
- 355 Eleventh Stree; Architects: Aidlin Darling Design;
- 555 Mission Street; Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Heller Manus Architects;
- California Academy of Science; Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Stantec;
- Forest Hill Clubhouse; Architects: Bernard Maybeck;
- La Casa Verde; Architects: John Lum Architecture Inc.;
- New Resource Bank; Architects: hooks ASD;
- Orchard Garden Hotel; Architects: Architecture International;
- Plaza Apartments; Architects: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects & Paulett Taggart Architects, in Association;
- San Francisco Friends School; Architects: Pfau Long Architecture with Page and Turnbull; and
- UCSF Health Sciences West (HSW) Department of Pathology; Architects: The Design Partnership LLP.
For more information, see the AIA Web site.
