Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
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 | Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management |
| Designer | Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP (ZGF), Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Location | Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Date | 2002 |
| Building Type | academic with classroom, lab, office building |
| Climate | mild temperate |
| Context | college campus |
| Street Address | On the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/UCSB_Bren_School.html |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | University of California at Santa Barbara |
| Cost | $26 million |
| Area | 84,672 square feet |
| Stories | 4 |
| Site | 2.9 acre |
| Awards |
Finalist, Livable Building Awards 2007 |
"The Donald Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara takes advantage of a beautiful setting near the Pacific Ocean to become a green building that embraces its environment not only for efficiency, but for experience. With a striking open courtyard, it provides ample opportunity for social interaction that makes the transition between indoors and outdoors much smoother and ephemeral than most buildings."
"The Bren School also utilizes daylighting to harness natural illumination in lieu of artificial lights while allowing views that further enhance the building¹s connection to the landscape. And with operal windows and high-tech senors connected to adjacent heating units, the Bren School smartly takes advantage of Santa Barbara¹s famously moderate climate. It¹s a campus building as charming and memorable as the city to which it belongs."
"Building Bren Hall with sustainable materials and methods is estimated to have added only 2% to the building cost, which will easily be offset over time by energy savings."—Great Buildings
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LEED Scoresheet, United States Green Building Council, viewed on 2009.1002 http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=1697
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LEED Platinum at UCSB at ArchitectureWeek
Bren School Case Study at GreatBuildings.com
Bren School official web site
