Public & Civic Qualifications

Yountville Community Center

Yountville, CA

TYPE: SIZE

Tenant Improvement 21,000 SF

Firm provided MEP Engineering design services for the Yountville Town Center which consists of a new 11,500 facility and renovations to the existing 8,500 SF Community hall and 1,000 SF Sheriff’s Substation addition to the adjacent Post office. These three civic buildings frame a new Yountville Town Square. The new building houses a branch library, multi-purpose room, teen center, meeting and program spaces. With sustainability as a priority of Yountville’s leadership, a number of green features were integrated into the design including a ground source heating and cooling system, a 38 kw photovoltaic array, a building integrated management system takes advantage of the temperate climate by opening skylights and windows on days with mild temperatures. Operable skylights, controlled by CO2 and rain sensors, and operable windows provide natural ventilation and balanced natural illumination, low-flow plumbing fixtures with harvested rainwater, drip irrigation, subsurface irrigation, and drought-tolerant native plants further reduce water use, efficient lighting and daylighting.