Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability — Sustainability Accelerator Building

Stanford, United States, North America

Completed · Education · Zero-Carbon Academic Building · Mediterranean · 2024

The first building for Stanford's new sustainability school targets net-positive energy and water, using mass timber structure, solar PV, geothermal wells and a reclaimed water system. It is designed to produce more energy annually than it consumes and to treat all wastewater on-site.

Innovation highlights

  • net-positive energy via rooftop solar PV exceeding annual building demand
  • on-site constructed wetland treating 100% of wastewater for reuse
  • mass timber structure storing biogenic carbon
  • geothermal heat pump eliminating fossil gas
  • living laboratory instrumentation for real-time sustainability monitoring
Client / Developer
Stanford University
Architect
ZGF Architects
Engineer
Arup
Type
Zero-Carbon Academic Building

#net-positive energy #mass timber #geothermal #water recycling #constructed wetland #living laboratory

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