Stevens Library

First ZNE-Certified school building

01 | Overview

Our first project with WRNS Studio, an award-winning architecture & planning firm headquartered in San Francisco. WRNS engaged us to generate awareness of The Stevens Library at Sacred Heart Schools (SHS), the first library in the U.S. and the first school building in California to achieve Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a non-profit committed to the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment.

02 | Results

The project racked up four awards and was featured in numerous media outlets, spaning print and online.

Press

School Construction News, School Planning & Management, ASHRAE High Performing Buildings, The Power of Zero Book, GAB Report, American School & University Magazine, Net Zero Building magazine, Dexigner, Inhabitat, Building Design + Construction, World Architecture News, Learning By Design, and NAIS’ Schools in the News.

Awards

1. 2017 Acterra Business Environmental Awards

2. 2016 USGBC Best of Green Schools, Business Leadership 

3. 2016 USGBC Greenest Apple award for work on behalf of SHS

4. 2016 Green Technology | New Buildings Institute, Outstanding ZNE Verified Building Award