Adobe flips the switch on all-electric building

clock • 4 min read
The exterior façade design of Adobe Founders Tower features an external shading system. This maximizes daylight availability and visual comfort to reduce the heat load of the building, which requires less cooling and heating energy
Image:

The exterior façade design of Adobe Founders Tower features an external shading system. This maximizes daylight availability and visual comfort to reduce the heat load of the building, which requires less cooling and heating energy

The latest addition to Adobe's headquarters site in San Jose, California, boasts the largest all-electric commercial kitchen in North America

Almost four years after the groundbreaking, Adobe has officially opened its 18-story, all-electric new headquarters building in San Jose, California - a much-heralded project that broke ground in 2019 but...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

  • Enjoy exclusive news, insights and analysis from Europe’s leading source of information on the green economy and business.
  • Make smart, responsible business decisions with an eye on the latest regulatory and tech development
  • Tap into our extensive archive of exclusive articles, news, analysis and guide
  • Access to our new BusinessGreen intelligence service, providing you with
  • > Exclusive in-depth case studies
  • > Policy briefings, white papers and reports on market trends that are shaping the direction of the net zero transition
  • Our overnight briefing, expertly curated help you run a competitive and sustainable business
  • Online and interactive meetings with BusinessGreen’s editors to discuss the crucial stories and trends from the past month

Choose the membership package that's right for you and your organisation, via our 3 membership levels.

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Buildings

'Landmark sustainable office' skyscraper gets green light from City of London Corporation

'Landmark sustainable office' skyscraper gets green light from City of London Corporation

Plans to retain and retrofit existing building will allow developers to 'substantially reduce carbon footprint' of revamped office block

clock 13 February 2025 • 2 min read
'Warm homes and cheaper bills': Government unveils minimum energy efficiency rules for landlords

'Warm homes and cheaper bills': Government unveils minimum energy efficiency rules for landlords

Private landlords will need to ensure properties achieve an EPC rating of C or above by 2030 under proposals launched for consultation today

Michael Holder
clock 07 February 2025 • 7 min read
Plans for 'UK's largest' lithium extraction plant given green light

Plans for 'UK's largest' lithium extraction plant given green light

Once completed the facility could produce up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium a year for use in EV batteries and energy storage systems, Weardale Lithium claims

clock 06 February 2025 • 2 min read