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Mountain View, CA, United States
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NASA Sustainability Base
Mountain View, CA, United States
Sustainability Base allows some of the world's leading interstellar research to be conducted in what now stands as the Federal Government's most sustainable building.
NASA worked closely with architects to design a building that would embrace the organization's scientific capabilities and embody the progressive, innovative, and future-focused spirit of Silicon Valley. Sustainability Base makes use of many technologies originally designed for aerospace applications; including fuel cell technology (originally developed to power the Curiosity rover to Mars) and a computerized indoor environmental-management system that calculates outdoor temperature, angle of the sun, and heat-emitting activity in the building's rooms to heat and cool them as needed. The building is truly state-of-the-art in terms of its scientific applications, sustainability, and economic viability.
The exoskeleton approach offers increased structural performance during seismic events, provides an armature for daylighting and shading strategies, and creates a column-free interior that facilitates workplace flexibility. It also becomes the icon for the building, recalling lunar modules and satellites. Other project innovations range from aggressive daylighting and natural ventilation design to in-depth materials screening. The resulting building is a flexible workplace filled with glare-free daylight, fresh air and abundant connections to the outdoors, serviced by systems that, in time, will use only renewable energy and will maintain water in closed loops. Sustainability Base reaches far beyond its LEED Platinum certification as a workplace that facilitates human health and well-being.
NASA worked closely with architects to design a building that would embrace the organization's scientific capabilities and embody the progressive, innovative, and future-focused spirit of Silicon Valley. Sustainability Base makes use of many technologies originally designed for aerospace applications; including fuel cell technology (originally developed to power the Curiosity rover to Mars) and a computerized indoor environmental-management system that calculates outdoor temperature, angle of the sun, and heat-emitting activity in the building's rooms to heat and cool them as needed. The building is truly state-of-the-art in terms of its scientific applications, sustainability, and economic viability.
The exoskeleton approach offers increased structural performance during seismic events, provides an armature for daylighting and shading strategies, and creates a column-free interior that facilitates workplace flexibility. It also becomes the icon for the building, recalling lunar modules and satellites. Other project innovations range from aggressive daylighting and natural ventilation design to in-depth materials screening. The resulting building is a flexible workplace filled with glare-free daylight, fresh air and abundant connections to the outdoors, serviced by systems that, in time, will use only renewable energy and will maintain water in closed loops. Sustainability Base reaches far beyond its LEED Platinum certification as a workplace that facilitates human health and well-being.
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