Go With the Flow

While European designers have been on the forefront of the sustainability movement, American architects and engineers are now learning to apply the techniques strategically on this side of the Atlantic. “It’s been evolutionary,” says Dave Deppen, AIA, of Paul Roberts & Partners in Vallejo, California, who worked for six years at Van der Ryn Architects in Sausalito, Calif., serving as the design architect for the naturally ventilated 22,000-square-foot Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Deppen says, “Over the past few years more clients have expressed interest in energy conservation and user participation,” two characteristics of natural ventilation techniques.
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