(ANSA) - ROMA, 17 MAG - epa09952093 The side of Google's new
Bay View campus building BV100 during a media tour in Mountain
View, California, USA, 16 May 2022. Google announced on 16 May
the opening of its new Bay View campus in Silicon Valley,
representing the company's first time developing its own major
campus and the largest to pursue multiple green building
certifications. The Bay View campus was designed by architects
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Heatherwick Studio, as well as
Google's design and engineering teams and spans 42 acres
adjacent to the open space, two office buildings, and
1,00-person event center, and 240 short-term employee
accommodations units. The campus incorporates biophilic design
principles, including greenery, natural daylight and views
outside from every desk to improve the health and wellbeing of
those inside the building. The new building is to operate every
hour of every day on carbon-free energy by 2030, the
first-of-its-kind dragonscale solar skin, as well as nerby wind
farms, will power Bay View on carbon-free energy 90 percent of
the time. Bay View is 100 percent electric where even the
kitchens are electric to decrease carbon emissions. To help
deliver on its commitment to replenish 120 percent of the water
it comsumes by 2023, the site is net water-positive with all
non-potable water demands being met using the recycled water it
generates on site. A series of above-ground ponds gather
rainwater, combine with building wastewater treatment systems,
together serve as a water source for cooling towers, flushing
toilets, and landscape irrigation. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO (ANSA).