Dive Brief:

• Sage Creek High School in the Carlsbad Unified School District in California was designed to be environmentally friendly, and the effort has brought the school district national and regional recognition.
• Balfour Beatty Construction erected the school from plans by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, and those included a 6.2-acre area preserved as natural habitat for the area.
• The school got the 2013 Best Project Award for K-12 construction from Engineering New Record, and Associated General Contractors' San Diego chapter also gave the school its Build San Diego Merit Award for sustainable construction.

Dive Insight:

The school has three multi-level classroom buildings along with library and fine arts buildings, administrative space and sports fields. The building is 104,000 square feet and sits on a 56-acre campus.