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| shaded windows at UC Davis West Village (credit: Frederic Larson) |
The country's largest planned ZNE community of its kind has officially opened on the University of California at Davis campus.
While it may seem like just your typical-yet stylish housing development, look beyond the amenities (which include a video game-playing area and sand volleyball court) and you'll see solar panels on the roof of every building and parking area canopy. In total, the panels provide a 4-megawatt photovoltaic system that will generate enough electricity over the course of the year to meet all the needs of the residents, planners say.
The development, dubbed UC Davis West Village, is a joint public-private partnership with funding from UC Davis, San Francisco real estate developers Carmel Partners, Urban Villages of Denver (who oversaw construction and own and manage the community) and grants from state and federal government.
The first phase of the development now houses about 850 students.
Learn more about UC Davis West Village.
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