• The Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards Coalition is seeking applications and nominations for businesses, organizations, agencies and individuals that have excelled in water use efficiency. Applications and nominations are due Feb. 3 and more information is available at www.waterawards.org. The Awards Ceremony will be held on World Water Day, March 22. • Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff will deliver the annual State of the City address at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at Hana Haus, 456 University Ave. in downtown Palo Alto. The Palo Alto City Council elected Scharff as mayor and Councilwomen Liz Kniss as vice mayor for 2017 during its first council meeting of the year on Jan. 3.
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Of course, rehabbing an older building also uses environmental resources. The best way to minimize the impact is to choose materials and building systems carefully. Fortunately, our new state building code incorporates many green features, and the theater architects are also designing to performance criteria set out by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools to conserve energy, water and materials. I believe renovating and expanding the theater building is the right thing to do — for education, for accessibility and for the environment.
