The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park

The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park is a landmark environmental education center in San Francisco dedicated to environmental justice and teaching about sustainability in the built environment. The center features: an off-grid solar array, an on-site wastewater treatment system with a constructed wetland; 15K gallons of rainwater storage; vegetative roof; reused and recycled building materials, and an array of sustainable landscape and land management solutions.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Digging Trenches at the EcoCenter

CCSF students helped dig a trench for an irrigation line to water the native landscaping surrounding the EcoCenter until it has time to establish itself. About six inches deep, the trench leads from a pump that is connected to the rainwater harvesting tank that collects water from the "clean" roof (i.e., the aluminum rooftop). The water from that same tank will hopefully be used one day soon to also plumb the facility's toilets.