ARCHITECT: Siegel & Strain Architects
OWNER: Town of Yountville
DESIGN TEAM: Timmons Design Engineers (Engineer), John Northmore Roberts & Associates (Landscape, Architect), Swank Construction (General Contractor), Coastland Civil Engineering (Civil Engineer), Endres Ware, LLP (Structural Engineer), Pound Management (Construction Manager), Alice Prussin Lighting Design (Lighting Designer), Topflight Specs (Specification Writer), Miller Pacific Engineering Group (Geotechnical Engineer), Glenn Rehbein Companies (Environmental Solutions), Enovity, Inc. (Commissioning Agent)
Photos: David Wakely
After many years of planning, the completion of the Yountville Town Center embodies a place designe
d to enrich community life through integration of new and existing buildings and outdoor rooms. The buildings seamlessly blend with the rural surroundings, while the interiors remain light and airy, with ridge skylighting supported by unique wood and cable trusses. Passive design, efficient technologies, and green materials set the project up for LEED Platinum status.
The Yountville Town Center received the Award of Honor, this year’s highest award. One juror noted, “On every level this project excels…it brings the ideals of sustainable design to a great cross section of the public—from kids to retirees.” Another juror commented, “A wonderfully scaled project that uses familiar, time honored sustainable strategies with innovative technologies. Rarely are sustainable practices and design so well married into a purposeful and singular statement.”
Some of the major accomplishments of the project include 44% energy savings over Title 24; implementation of passive strategies such as daylighting, shading, and natural ventilation; reduction of domestic water usage by 30% through water conserving plumbing fixtures; reduction of irrigation water usage by 51% through harvested rainwater, drip irrigation, subsurface irrigation, and drought tolerant native plants; as well as projected energy savings of 53% through the use of ground-source heat pumps and roof-mounted photovoltaic laminates. More than 75% of the wood used in the project is FSC certified; embodied carbon was reduced by 280 tons through 70% slag concrete and the reuse (instead of replacement) of the existing Community Hall. The building envelope includes low-e2 windows, exterior sunshades, and “cool” standing seam metal roofs.
For more information about the Yountville Town Center, please visit www.townofyountville.com.
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