The city's green building efforts will help ensure that the incredible quality of life we enjoy in the Bay Area today will be here for future generations. San Francisco is the only city in the country to mandate standards of resource efficiency for all municipal buildings. Energy conservation, use of non-toxic and recycled materials, and natural air and circulation are all part of the program. The 11 Grove Street project is an extensive, environmentally-sensitive renovation of a building that dates back to 1906. Fluorescent lights are hooked to light sensors that dim the lights during the day.
Safety flooring on the wheelchair ramp is made of recycled automobile tires.
Interior walls are finished with non-toxic paint. The Green Resource Center is Berkeley's new, central location for information, guidance, and consulting services on ecological design, appropriate building technologies, green materials, sustainable community and development.