San Mateo New Main Library (LEED Gold)
Critical Solutions Inc.
Project Details:
  • Client: City of San Mateo 
  • Status: Completed    
  • Project Size: 90,000 square feet
  • 3-story library building
  • Student Research Center: 
    - a computer training room with 26 computers
    - 100 public internet computers
    - wireless internet access
    - community meeting rooms with audio-visual capabilities for 12 to 142 people
  • Kitchen facilities
  • Café
  • 157 parking spaces on two and one- half levels of subterranean parking
* The library achieved LEED Gold certification by embracing several energy, material, and water conservation strategies. 

Some of its “green” features include:
  • 90% of old library building recycled 
  • Skylights allow daylight into center of building
  • Energy-efficient HVAC systems with under-floor air supply that reduces energy consumption and improves indoor air quality
  • Access floor allows for technology flexibility for relocating cables and wires
  • Building orientation takes maximum advantage of natural light, heating & cooling
  • Building products locally sourced and contain sustainable content
  • Wood-based materials from well-managed forestry
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