Adobe Systems Inc. Almaden Tower, San Jose, California
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| Adobe Systems Inc. Almaden Tower | |
| Location | San Jose, California, USA |
| Date | to April 2007 |
| Building Type | Commercial Building |
| Context | Urban |
| Green Certification | LEED Platinum Certified |
| Green Certification Score | 64 |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Adobe Systems Inc. |
| Cost | $1.4 million (total project cost for all three adobe tower renovations) |
| Area | 273,000 sq. ft. |
| Stories | 17 stories |
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"Adobe has consistently taken a proactive approach toward resource conservation and sustainability. In 2001, when California was experiencing rolling blackouts and spikes in energy prices, commercial users were asked to reduce energy usage by 10 percent. Adobe and its facilities management partner, Cushman & Wakefield, developed a strategy to address the issue in the two existing towers. In the process, they discovered that current implementation of some of their energy-saving initiatives had already reduced energy usage, and that they had the capability to exceed the minimum reduction. Non-critical lighting fixtures had been removed and high-pressure sodium lamps had already been exchanged for fluorescent tubes. Each desk was equipped with a motion-activated power strip that shut down the computer monitor and task lighting if the desk was unoccupied. "That's kind of when it started turning into a formal program to see how much we could accomplish and how far we could take it," says George Denise, general manager of facilities for Cushman & Wakefield at Adobe. "We decided to raise the bar, see how far we could go, and how much we could do; the more we did, the more we raised the bar."—Building.com
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"Three High-Rise Towers Make Green a Reality" by Maureen Orsborn, Buildings magazine, 2007.10
LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3016
