Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 In 2022, we opened Bay View in Mountain predictive models. This integrated geothermal pile SPOTLIGHT system also enabled us to electrify the building’s overall View, California, the 昀椀rst major campus Building a more sustainable developed by Google. From the sta爀琀, systems more e昀昀ectively, because recycling ground heat we had big ambitions for this project: requires less energy than creating new heat. Bay View re-envisioning the workplace with a focus also features our largest electric kitchen, through which we’re learning lessons that will inform the transition of all campus in Mountain View on prioritizing the human experience and our kitchens to electric cooking. community-centered development. Water stewardship Bay View has now achieved LEED Platinum ce爀琀i昀椀cation To help address local water scarcity, Bay View is on track and is on track to be the largest project to a琀琀ain LBC to meet the LBC’s de昀椀nition of “net water positive,” Water Petal Ce爀琀i昀椀cation, two of the world’s most meaning it’s designed to produce more recycled water ambitious building standards. These achievements re昀氀ect than the site requires. Predictive models estimate that our goal of building sustainability into everything at Bay the on-site geothermal energy system is expected to View: it integrates low-carbon design, helps regenerate help reduce about 90% of the water needed for cooling, local ecosystems, incorporates circularity principles, and compared with a traditional cooling tower system. To is on track to achieve net water-positive status. fu爀琀her reduce water use, we designed the campus landscapes with native plants and drought-tolerant Net-zero carbon species that don’t require as much watering. Bay View is a fully electric campus with on-site solar energy and nearby wind farms that are expected to help We’re also capturing and reusing water on-site when it operate on 90% clean energy. It features a 昀椀rst-of-its- possible. Stormwater retention ponds and constructed kind dragonscale solar roof across all three buildings, wetlands for wastewater treatment were integrated into which use the latest building-integrated photovoltaic the site landscape. A central plant treats stormwater technology. Unlike a 昀氀at roof, where each panel gathered from retention ponds and wastewater collected generates peak power at the same time of the day, the from buildings, producing recycled water that can be roof’s unique shape enables it to generate power during used for cooling towers, 昀氀ushing toilets, and irrigation. an extended number of daylight hours. Circular economy To heat and cool the buildings, Bay View houses an Bay View incorporates our circularity principles of innovative geothermal energy system, which is expected minimizing waste, keeping materials in use for as long as to help reduce the building’s carbon emissions compared possible, and promoting healthy materials that are safe An interior photo of the canopy ceiling at our Bay View campus. (Photo: Iwan Baan) with a conventional, code-compliant baseline, per our for people and the environment. We’ve dive爀琀ed 76% 73