• The Environmental Technology Center (ETC) is a dynamic, interactive and integrative 2,200 square foot facility where faculty, students, and community members from a wide variety of disciplines can work together in applied research training, academic study and collaborative environmental projects. As a model of sustainable building techniques and technologies, the ETC is "a building that teaches". Designed to use only 20% of the energy allowed by state energy code for similar buildings, the ETC serves as a model of public sector fiscal and environmental responsibility for California's universities and colleges. The building includes a wide range of integrative design features, including energy and water-efficient landscaping, "smart building" control technologies, environmentally-sensitive building materials, passive solar heating and cooling, advanced window systems and daylighting, solar electric technology, and digital communication systems. The ETC will open in the Fall of 2001.

• A source of unbiased technical information and a place for a unique applied educational experience.

• A model to the entire CSU system, providing in-house consultative services and a model of public sector environmental responsibility for California's state universities and colleges.

• A wide variety of faculty, professionals and students in the fields of energy management, sustainable architecture, ecological design, and environmental education. AIM Associates has been the architectural firm guiding the design.

• The primary funders are the National Science Foundation, the California Energy Commission, and Sonoma State University. Additional support has been provided by a variety of foundations, companies, and private individuals.

• Serve as a model for other campuses by addressing campus-related environmental technologies and techniques.

• Serve as a student and faculty center for interdisciplinary environmental science education, demonstration, research, teaching and collaboration.

• Serve as a model pre and in-service teacher training facility with a focus on science, technology and society.

• Serve as a field-based education and research site for local schools, connecting pre-service teachers with in-service teachers and K-12 youth.

• Serve the surrounding community through demonstration, education and consultation.

• Serve as a classroom and mini-conference facility.

For additional information:
Environmental Technology Center

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