04/11/2017
Did you know that Butte College is the First LEED Gold certified college building in the North State? This means that our Buildings are literally building a better future for our world!
The 77,000 square-foot building includes instructional classrooms, teaching labs, ceramics studios, photography labs, and a state-of-the-art black box theater. The $28.7 million facility exceeds California Title 24 Energy Code requirements by 40 percent. Sustainability features include: evaporative cooling; 100 percent outside air heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units incorporating CO2 sensors; waterless urinals, ultra low-flow sensor faucets and low-flow water closets resulting in a 48.5 percent reduction in water usage over traditional facilities; electric vehicle refueling stations; comprehensive campus bus service, vanpool program, water efficient landscaping, and bicycle storage with permeable surfacing. Campus solar arrays supply power offsets of energy use by 17.5 percent.
for more information check out our website: http://www.butte.edu/feeds/2010/ArtsLEEDGold.html