Summary: The new Cal State East Bay Recreation and Wellness Center was recently completed.  The facility will be maintained to unusually high environmental standards.From the very beginning of construction to the very end, everything put into the building was constructed from recycled content and will maintain green and sustainable practices.Even construction debris was sorted and recycled. All the materials the architect used was to have a sustainable quality to them or an energy efficient design."The impetus to go green in regards to the Recreation and Wellness Center came from the Planning Committee and was strongly supported by the campus, because the campus has the same values when it comes to this sort of thing," said Bob Williams executive director of the Associated Students Inc. The building has been furnished with infrastructure for the eventual installation of photovoltaic cells for solar energy.
The site itself and how the building sits were the subjects of scientific studies to determine natural lighting for top energy efficiency.