Los Angeles Southwest College School of Career & Technical Education is a Platinum Level K-12 / Higher Ed building with 65,000 square feet of space that ranks in the the top 4% of projects in this rating system version. Project feature solar panels and wind turbines on its rooftop. Together, they will generate about 114 kW of electrical power. When the sun is out, the 364 solar panels will generate enough electrical energy to power approximately 85 average California houses. Why It's Green: 48% improvement on baseline building performance rating 13% onsite renewable energy 35% green power purchase 20% recycled content building materials 10% regionally extracted, harvested, recovered, or manufactured materials 75% diversion of construction and demolition debris 90% of occupied space has quality views 100% reduction in potable landscape water use 40% reduction in baseline indoor water use
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1600 West Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90047