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CA, United States
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Box Factory
CA, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2019
Zero Energy Certified with the Living Building Challenge: The Box Factory project anticipated and exemplified the intent of LEED v5’s emerging resilience framework 5 years ahead of the measures, by integrating energy, equity, health, and climate adaptation into one tightly coordinated prototype. It functions as a zero energy, zero carbon climate resilience hub in a wildfire‑prone region, using its building systems, site strategy, and program to deliver year round resilience benefits rather than treating resilience as a separate layer.
The Electra Fire in 2022: The project proved itself during the 2022 Electra Fire, serving as a resilience hub for neighboring properties during major power shut offs and evacuations. As planned, Box Factory continued to operate, serving as a safe haven for a vulnerable community.
All Electric > 3 Yrs ahead of the Mandates: On the energy and climate side, the project is all electric, 3 years ahead of local mandates and is powered by onsite PV, designed as a “living model” of net positive operational energy resilience. Heat pumps provide space conditioning and water heating, and an induction kitchen eliminates combustion, cutting carbon and maintaining
healthy indoor air even during smoke events.
Material and embodied carbon strategies have followed deeper life cycle requirements. Prefabricated structural components minimize waste, noise, and site disturbance while enabling potential disassembly and reuse, consistent with circular economy language now embedded in most conversations around resilience. A whole building life cycle assessment was completed years ahead of local mandate, guiding low carbon material selection and construction methods.
Addressing Climate Adaptation: Health, equity, and community resilience are treated as core performance metrics rather than soft benefits. The project is explicitly framed as a resilience hub for vulnerable populations during wildfire smoke, heatwaves, and outages, providing filtered, zero combustion air; biophilic, daylit spaces; and flexible programming for social connection.
The Electra Fire in 2022: The project proved itself during the 2022 Electra Fire, serving as a resilience hub for neighboring properties during major power shut offs and evacuations. As planned, Box Factory continued to operate, serving as a safe haven for a vulnerable community.
All Electric > 3 Yrs ahead of the Mandates: On the energy and climate side, the project is all electric, 3 years ahead of local mandates and is powered by onsite PV, designed as a “living model” of net positive operational energy resilience. Heat pumps provide space conditioning and water heating, and an induction kitchen eliminates combustion, cutting carbon and maintaining
healthy indoor air even during smoke events.
Material and embodied carbon strategies have followed deeper life cycle requirements. Prefabricated structural components minimize waste, noise, and site disturbance while enabling potential disassembly and reuse, consistent with circular economy language now embedded in most conversations around resilience. A whole building life cycle assessment was completed years ahead of local mandate, guiding low carbon material selection and construction methods.
Addressing Climate Adaptation: Health, equity, and community resilience are treated as core performance metrics rather than soft benefits. The project is explicitly framed as a resilience hub for vulnerable populations during wildfire smoke, heatwaves, and outages, providing filtered, zero combustion air; biophilic, daylit spaces; and flexible programming for social connection.
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