About Your "Green Library"

The new, 93,000 square foot, Lewis Library and Technology Center is the first significant new building in the Fontana Civic Center. Set in the new civic center park, the Library represents the new Fontana – proud of its past but looking towards the future. The community looks to this library building to establish a new civic image for the City as well as provide a stimulus for the revitalization of the historic downtown. This building fulfills the need for improved library services as well as an icon of their maturing and growing City.

The Library is an important symbol for the community. It is also an important center for the community. It is a place of all generations and all citizens of Fontana from the youngest child coming with their mother to a story telling program, to the young middle school student researching a paper on the internet, to an adult coming to explore new career opportunities, to a senior enjoying a newspaper in their native tongue. It will be a great place to read and to build community.

The library embodies the values of the community regarding sustainability. The building conserves energy and water, while promoting user comfort, health and well-being. The building honors the future generations of the community by meeting present needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

The Library demonstrates these sustainability measures through its pursuit of LEED Certification. LEED is an acronym for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design". LEED is a green building rating system developed and administered by the U.S. Green Building Council. It provides for a rigorous third party certification of the design and construction of the building based on a comprehensive list of green building measures.

The following are specific aspects of the energy saving measures and environmentally conscious elements incorporated in the Lewis Library and Technology Center:

SITE

WATER

ENERGY AND CLIMATE PROTECTION

MATERIALS

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

*Learn more about being "green".