UC Davis opens new sustainable winery

Joined by hundreds of friends, supporters and alumni, the University of California, Davis, officially opened the doors on January 28th to the world’s most environmentally sophisticated facility for making wine, brewing beer and processing foods. The new, 34,000-square-foot teaching and research complex, located within UC Davis’ Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, was financed entirely by private philanthropy — no state or federal funds were used. The campus received more than $20 million in private support to construct and equip the complex.

It is the first such building to receive LEED Platinum certification, the highest rating for environmental design and construction awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.) Campus leaders also hailed the new complex for its advanced technology, including the world’s first wireless wine fermentation system.
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