HMC+Beverly Prior Architects’ recent renovation of the City of Campbell’s Orchard City Banquet Hall received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The newly remodeled facility accommodates up to 300 people for banquet-style seating or 400 people for theater-style seating. It can also be divided into two smaller rooms for weekday rentals. ADA accessible restrooms and a full service kitchen are immediately adjacent. Green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions were applied throughout the project.

Sustainable highlights include:

• Water Conservation: This facility is designed to use 50.28% less water than a similarly-sized code-compliant building.
• Energy Use Reduction: It uses significantly less energy than a baseline building and much less than the old facility despite its larger size through the use of a Building Energy Management System, daylighting, lighting controls, Energy Star appliances, a cool roof, high-performing glass and an overall high-performing building envelope.
• Green Power: The City has contracted to purchase green, renewable power equal to 100% of the facility’s energy needs for the first two years.
• Construction Waste Management: 95.81% of the waste generated during demolition and construction was diverted from landfills and either recycled or salvaged.
• Recycled Content: The project utilizes building materials and products that are composed of recycled content.
• Regional Materials: Reduced embodied energy: 33.8% of the building materials and products were manufactured regionally (within 500 miles).
• Low-VOC Materials: All adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, and flooring systems specified and installed are certified to have zero- to low-VOC emissions.
• Natural Light: Daylighting strategies were employed in all regularly occupied spaces (multi-purpose, lobby, restrooms, and kitchen).
• Healthy Interiors: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), green housekeeping, and thermal comfort and monitoring strategies were used to provide a comfortable, productive, and healthy interior space for all occupants.