Clifford L. Allenby Building
California Department of General Services
The Clifford L. Allenby Building, a new 11-story office building to serve the State of California's Health and Human Services Agency, was designed to net zero energy and carbon neutral performance, achieving LEED Platinum, Fitwel, and U.S. Resiliency Council Platinum certifications. Its energy use intensity places it in the top 1% of all U.S. office buildings, a result of closely integrated sustainability strategies that run from the building envelope's sunshades to a greywater system in the basement. Rooftop photovoltaics maximize on-site renewable generation, supplemented through a first-of-its-kind agreement with SMUD that transitions DGS' entire Sacramento portfolio to solar power. The building uses 60% less water than a comparably sized office building.
The program reflects the same ambition at a human scale. Natural daylighting drives the interior environment throughout. An employee gym, retail, and a multi-vendor food court anchor a workplace designed as a modern hybrid environment and treats employee health and wellness as inseparable from the building's broader performance goals.
Lionakis partnered with ZGF as Architect of Record and Rudolph & Sletten as General Contractor, contributing design, technical, and construction administration support to a design-build team assembled for its combined experience in high-rise design and DGS project delivery.
