COD Applied Sciences Building in Palm Desert is a Higher Ed / Public Assembly / K-12 building with 200,000 square feet that ranks in the top 8% of projects in LEED for New Construction 2009 rating system.
Why It's Green:
48% improvement on baseline building performance rating
13% onsite renewable energy
35% green power purchase
20% recycled content building materials
20% regionally extracted, harvested, recovered, or manufactured materials
75% diversion of construction and demolition debris
90% of occupied space has quality views
50% reduction in potable landscape water use
30% reduction in baseline indoor water use
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43-500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA, USA