k-12 public
higher education

Diablo Valley College, Bookstore | Pleasant Hill, CA

The new 17,000 sqft new bookstore building consists of two levels plus a basement storage facility. The sales floor has insulated translucent skylights and large north facing curtain wall for natural day lighting, The store includes seating and study areas, a café, a convenience store among many others. The building was strategically sited to minimize heat gains and sustainable features include high efficiency HVAC systems, low flow plumbing fixtures, high efficiency envelope and glazing, concrete thermal mass floors, cool roofing systems and high efficiency lighting. Mechanical Design Studio provided full mechanical plumbing and fire protection engineering services.

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