Completed in June 2007, Orinda City Hall is a 14,000 square-foot office building designed to create a larger sense of community connection for citizens and city staff, while meeting a high level of environmental responsibility. The new city hall houses public meeting spaces and the City’s administrative, planning, building and police departments. The integration of passive and active systems led to greatly reduced energy demand – 60% better than California’s Title 24 standards without the use of renewable energy — and whenever weather allows, the mixed-mode building can run exclusively on natural ventilation.