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    The document discusses opportunities for more efficient use of vacant office and industrial space in Silicon Valley. It notes that over 119.5 million square feet is currently vacant, equivalent to over 43 average size office buildings. Two areas identified as potential locations for a "catalyst" to make better use of vacant space are Sunnyvale and downtown San Jose, which each have millions of vacant square feet and relatively high vacancy rates. The document proposes that data centers could help utilize excess energy capacity from vacant properties, reducing overall energy usage.

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    THE OFFICE: as an industrial ecology

    server farm

    the office

    Kelly Lawley - Version 3 : Presentation - Advisor : Hugh Hynes - November 15, 2011

    SILICON VALLEY

    EMPTY OFFICE SF : 11,340,000

    EMPTY R&D : 30,400,000

    SILICON VALLEY

    corporate headquarters v vacancies

    EMPTY INDUSTRIAL : 77,760,000

    Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. Its time we gave this some thought. R. Buckminster Fuller

    SV : COMPARISON

    119,500,000 sqft =

    x 43

    perspective comparison

    fremont / newark

    18.5 %

    palo alto

    san jose - north

    9.8 %
    mountain view / los altos

    21.4 %
    sunnyvale

    san jose IBP / milpitas

    18.6 % 28 %
    santa clara san jose - downtown

    SILICON VALLEY

    7% 21.6 %

    cupertino

    19 % 23.4 %

    5.6 %
    west valley

    san jose - south

    DETROIT

    15.5 % 28.4 %

    11.7 %

    SILICON VALLEY

    percentage of empty office square feet

    palo alto

    9.8%

    san jose - north

    21.4%

    sunnyvale
    mountain view + los altos

    san jose IBP + milpitas

    18.6%

    7.0%

    28 %

    santa clara

    19.0%

    san jose - downtown

    23.4%
    cupertino

    5.6 %
    west valley san jose - south

    15.5%

    11.7%

    SILICON VALLEY

    cupertno v. sunnyvale

    CURRENT ATTRACTORS
    apple + google + cisco

    ? ?

    POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR CATALST


    sunnyvale + downtown san jose

    U.S. data centers 45,000,000,000 kWh

    663,278,030 kWh

    est. 44,000,000 kWh of A/C for vacant properties 259,753,701 kWh sunnyvale san jose - downtown san jose - north santa clara milpitas san jose - south

    westvalley palo alto mountain view / los altos cupertino

    axon

    front view

    ENERGY USED (kWh)


    cupertino v. sunnyvale
    sunnyvale uses 2.5 times more kWh per hour but has 22% more vacancy than cupertino

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    PROPOSAL IDEAS + HACKS

    the office as an industrial ecology + silicon valley

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