Building Green
Updates from the Department of the State Architect
Welcome to the Building Green section of the Los Angeles Community College District Prop. A/AA website! LACCD is currently undertaking the largest public sector sustainable building effort in the United States, funded by its Proposition A/AA Bond Program. The Bond Program is providing more than $2.2 billion for new construction and modernization projects for the nine Los Angeles Community Colleges.
As directed by the District's Board of Trustees, all new buildings that are at least half funded with Proposition A/AA Bond monies will be 'green' buildings, built to LEED TM certification standards. LEED stands for 'Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design,' and is a national rating system developed by the U.S. Green Buildings Council to provide a benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of green buildings.
As part of its commitment to energy education, the LACCD is creating a sustainable development curriculum that integrates classes, green building education and certificates along with displays such as learning solar station kiosks on each college campus.
A major feature of the LACCD's green building program is its 9 Megawatt Solar Energy Plan, which calls for the installation of enough photovoltaic (solar) panels on site at each of its nine colleges to produce at least one megawatt of electricity, enough to meet all daytime electricity needs. Future plans call for using excess electrical energy to convert water into oxygen and hydrogen, and to use the hydrogen in the evening to power fuel cells for electricity on each campus.
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Presentations
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Green Articles of Interest
Clinton Climate Initiative Honors the L.A. Community College District's Green Building Program
News Release , November 8, 2007
L.A. Colleges Continue Green Construction Plan, by School Construction News.com
January 24, 2007
LACCD Supports Small Business Boot Camp
ECA January 2006
Big Plans, Small Plot,
ECA March 2006 (More information about ECA can be founded on the ECA website)
Green Clips - August 4, 2004
Green Resources
Proposition A/AA Bond Program's Sustainability Initiatives – Fact Sheet
AEC Leads www.aecleads.com
www.buildings.com
Building Green
California State "Green California"
Energy & Environmental Building Association: www.eeba.org
I Green Build
LA City Environmental Affairs Department Newsletter
Sustainable Business
Sustainable Industries Journal
www.RenewableEnergyAccess.com
World Business Council for Sustainable Development: www.wbcsd.ch
Presentations on Sustainability
Sixth Annual LACCD Sustainability Conference, November 30, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Biltmore Bowl - Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Seating is limited – to register visit this site.
Characteristics and Benefits of Cork
Energy Strategic Plan, presented at the LACCD Community College League by L. Eisenberg, November 16, 2006
Presentation by Larry H. Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities Planning and Development, LACCD, to UC Santa Barbara's Sustainability Conference 2006, June 26, 2006
Presentation by LACCD Chancellor Darroch 'Rocky' Young to National Green Schools Conference, June 27, 2006
Sustainable Collaborative Presentation, August 4, 2004 - Chris Eaton, Angelo Eaton & Associates
Solar Power Presentation at L.A. City College
Santa Monica Community Independence Initiative |
