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Co-Working Space & Executive Apartments
A Historic Sustainable Rehabilitation Project

Sustainability Goals ​​​​​​​

Site Development (e.g. Provide bike storage to encourage commuting via bike)

Connection to the natural world (e.g. Provide natural relaxation features and biophilic design elements, yoga/exercise room, and quality views to the outside)

Indoor Air Quality (e.g. Improve indoor air quality with better ventilation)

Materials (e.g. Reuse or upcycle materials from former tentant, Tattered Cover Bookstore, like bookshelves as privacy dividers)

Energy conservation (e.g. Provide passive cross-ventilation and controllability of HVAC systems for thermal comfort).

Water consumption/reduction (e.g. Low-flow restrooms, water management plan, utilize greywater to irrigate indoor plants

Daylighting (e.g. Daylight zoning for overhead lighting to improve productivity and add light shelves for side lighting on alley side of building