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front view EcoCenterSan Francisco's EcoCenter is the first commercial building in the city to be <b>100 percent off the grid</b>, and Inhabitat recently toured it as part of this year's Architecture and the City Festival. Even in the city with more LEED-certified buildings per capita than any other, converting a polluted swath of landfill near the naval shipyard superfund site into a passive, off-grid, über-green environmental justice education center wasn't easy: In fact, it took 10 years to get it done....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecocenter-san-franciscos-first-off-grid-commercial-building-is-up-and-running/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
wetlands3San Francisco's EcoCenter is the first commercial building in the city to be <b>100 percent off the grid</b>, and Inhabitat recently toured it as part of this year's Architecture and the City Festival. Even in the city with more LEED-certified buildings per capita than any other, converting a polluted swath of landfill near the naval shipyard superfund site into a passive, off-grid, über-green environmental justice education center wasn't easy: In fact, it took 10 years to get it done....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecocenter-san-franciscos-first-off-grid-commercial-building-is-up-and-running/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
water filtration tanks draw on septic tank basicsSan Francisco's EcoCenter is the first commercial building in the city to be <b>100 percent off the grid</b>, and Inhabitat recently toured it as part of this year's Architecture and the City Festival. Even in the city with more LEED-certified buildings per capita than any other, converting a polluted swath of landfill near the naval shipyard superfund site into a passive, off-grid, über-green environmental justice education center wasn't easy: In fact, it took 10 years to get it done....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecocenter-san-franciscos-first-off-grid-commercial-building-is-up-and-running/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
wiringSan Francisco's EcoCenter is the first commercial building in the city to be <b>100 percent off the grid</b>, and Inhabitat recently toured it as part of this year's Architecture and the City Festival. Even in the city with more LEED-certified buildings per capita than any other, converting a polluted swath of landfill near the naval shipyard superfund site into a passive, off-grid, über-green environmental justice education center wasn't easy: In fact, it took 10 years to get it done....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecocenter-san-franciscos-first-off-grid-commercial-building-is-up-and-running/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
water-tanksSan Francisco's EcoCenter is the first commercial building in the city to be <b>100 percent off the grid</b>, and Inhabitat recently toured it as part of this year's Architecture and the City Festival. Even in the city with more LEED-certified buildings per capita than any other, converting a polluted swath of landfill near the naval shipyard superfund site into a passive, off-grid, über-green environmental justice education center wasn't easy: In fact, it took 10 years to get it done....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecocenter-san-franciscos-first-off-grid-commercial-building-is-up-and-running/'>READ ARTICLE</a>5
