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'Green' Gym Opens At San Diego Community College

By Ed Joyce / Reporter
Published February 4, 2010 at 10:15 AM PST
This story was published more than 14 years ago.
'Green' Gym Opens At San Diego Community College
The San Diego Community College District has completed a makeover of a gym on its downtown campus. The new facility is notable for its use of the latest energy efficient technology.

The San Diego Community College District has completed a makeover of a gym on its downtown campus. The new facility is notable for its use of the latest energy efficient technology.

The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District
The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
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The San Diego Community College District’s downtown campus finished renovating the Health, Exercise Science and Athletics Building, a 'green' gym, in January 2010.
San Diego Community College District

The $11 million project involved major renovation of the two-story gym which was built in 1964.

The work included interior and exterior demolition, new ceilings and roofing systems, and new waterless and low-flow plumbing fixtures.

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District Architect Lance Lareau said some people thought of the old gym as a dark dungeon, but he said a new exterior wall system has transformed the facility.

"So we were able to take the precast panels, around the exterior of the building, which are very dark and very heavy, remove those and replace those with a very lightweight composite panel which allows light to transfer through," said Lareau.

He said the wall system, called Kalwall, is highly insulating and reduces the need for air conditioning.

Lareau said the exterior wall panels contain 20 percent recycled materials.

The project has won the 2008 Design Visionary Award from the American Institute of Architects.

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Ed Joyce
Ed Joyce was the environment reporter and afternoon news anchor for KPBS-FM. Before joining KPBS, he worked as an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. Ed has an extensive background in newspaper, radio, web and TV journalism. After graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington in Seattle, Ed began a career in broadcast journalism. His work has included stints in public broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and education -- working as an affiliate professor of communication and reporter at the University of Idaho and Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. During the past 20 years he has worked in radio, TV and print as a news reporter, anchor, writer, editor and producer. Along the way he has won numerous awards for general news reporting, newswriting, feature and issue reporting and breaking news reporting from The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations. During the mid-1990s, while working for Oregon Public Broadcasting, he was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, including a feature report on the memorial service for 14 U.S. Forest Service "hotshots" who died fighting a wildfire in Colorado (the crew was based in a central Oregon town). He’s also filed reports with Marketplace, KQED’s California Report and Climate Watch and with national and regional networks throughout the United States. At KPBS, Ed continues his contributions to National Public Radio and other national and regional news organizations. He has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for his environmental reporting at KPBS-FM-TV and for producing and anchoring radio newscasts. In 2007 he was selected a National Press Foundation fellow for Understanding Violent Weather II program. The seminars were held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. In 2008 he spoke at a UC San Diego conference on U.S. National Security as part of the school’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Ed led a discussion with the 18 foreign government officials and academics about the political debate over climate change. In 2010, Ed was elected to a three-year term on the board of the San Diego Press Club.
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