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RES I DENT I A L | Mu l t i F am i l y

72 TOWNSEND San Francisco, CA Type : Residential Size : 73 units AlfaTech provided mechanical, plumbing and fire protection design/build engineering services for this residential conversion project. The project consisted of the renovation of an existing one-story historical warehouse and a new seven-story addition for use as a residential loft and retail building spanning 150,000 SF. Includes a total of 73 residential for-sale condo units and 3,000 SF of tenant amenity spaces including outdoor living space on the roof level, swimming pool, spa and fitness room. Existing warehouse envelope will house retail, residential entrance lobby, storage rooms, wine storage room and 73 parking spaces. Sustainability features included maximizing passive systems.

THE COOPERAGE San Francisco, CA Type : Residential Size : Two acres

The Cooperage project is a mixed-use condominium development on a two-acre site planning to offer tenants and owners high-end home, office, and retail spaces while maintaining energy efficiency and testing sustainable technologies. AlfaTech provided sustainable concept and energy engineering design services during the early planning phase of the condominium project located at 900 Minnesota Street in San Francisco, CA. The project consists of four new buildings and two existing buildings to be renovated for a total of 207,625 SF. Large windows along the exterior provide ample daylight and views to all spaces. AlfaTech proposed that spaces be conditioned via radiant heated floors and natural ventilation only. Some of the sustainable systems studied and integrated into the Cooperage design were photovoltaics, solar water heating, daylighting, natural ventilation, green roofs, wind turbines, micro turbines, geothermal heat pumps, and rainwater collection.