How Colleges Are Competing With Sustainability

The Palomar Community College District Operations and Maintenance Complex project includes design strategies that leverage site and climate for outstanding outcomes for wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.

SAN DIEGO—Universities are feeling the pressure to practice high levels of sustainability in their buildings, food, energy choices, transportation and in other ways, BNIM executives tell GlobeSt.com. The firm is working on a project, scheduled for completion in Spring 2018, involving the Palomar Community College District Operations and Maintenance Complex that includes design strategies that leverage site and climate for outstanding outcomes for wellness, comfort, and energy efficiency.

The complex will house facilities personnel for buildings, grounds and maintenance and also provide conference space, staff offices and shop spaces at the public college. The 28,000-square-foot project consists of a large shop building and smaller office building linked by outdoor spaces.