Completed in 2017, the employee campus has achieved LEED Platinum status for design and efficiency, the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest rating. The timeline below outlines the 17-acre complex’s water conservation measures.
2017
Landscape
- The site uses a multidimensional planting and irrigation strategy, including a varied rock palette to add color, texture, and shape to outdoor seating areas.
- Desert-adapted and native trees and shrubs provide additional low-water habitat for pollinators, including birds, bats, bees, and butterflies.
Management
- Low-flow plumbing installed throughout.
Practices
- The campus is the second new-construction project at the former Annenberg estate to achieve LEED certification. This project achieved LEED platinum, the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest rating.
- An engineered wetland has been added that will use a plant-filtration system to treat wastewater from campus buildings and the Center. The water will be recirculated to flush toilets and irrigate plants at Sunnylands.
2021–Current
Practices
- Engineered wetlands currently in test phase for capturing and treating 100% of water from the Center & Gardens and Administrative Campus for reuse and irrigation needs.