10th and O Street State Office Building Wins Excellence in Sustainability Award

The Department of General Services’ Real Estate Services Division (RESD) received a Best Level 2023 Best Project Award in the Excellence in Sustainability category from the Engineering News-Record (ENR). The RESD team was honored for their work in overseeing the green design-build for the 1021 O Street State Office Building.

This award marks the second honor from ENR, as the team was recognized earlier this month with a Regional Best Project Award in the Northern California Best Government/Public Building category. Both projects will be featured in the Oct. 16 issue of ENR’s California Northwest and celebrated during the Best Projects Awards breakfast on Oct. 17 in San Francisco, Calif. The awards will be entered for consideration in ENR’s national Best of the Best Awards held in New York City in Spring 2024.

1021 O Street State Office Building

The building temporarily houses over 1,000 legislative and executive elected officials and staff from the Capitol Annex until the new Annex project is completed. The building will then be jointly used as office space for legislative and executive employees. The 10-story building is approximately 472,600 gross square feet and incorporates function space for committee hearings, caucus meetings, general meeting rooms, and legislative and executive offices, with integrated parking.

Features:

• Sustainability: The LEED Platinum-certified building is one of the most sustainable state office buildings to house elected officials in the country. The facility features low water use fixtures, a high-performance building façade, materials with high recycled content, daylighting within office suites, native vegetation on the surrounding site and terraces, as well as LED lighting throughout.
• Zero Net Carbon: California has established itself as a national leader in the green building movement. Being an all-electric building, the structure is a Zero Net Carbon building.
• Zero Net Energy: The building achieved Zero Net Energy through energy efficiency and offsite renewable power generation via a historic agreement with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
• Heart: At the center of the building or the “heart,” occupants enjoy double-height great rooms with open, interconnecting stairs that serve as zones for social interaction and activation for the users of the building. Adjacent to these great rooms are roof terraces with views of the surrounding city of trees and the State Capitol.