Moscone Center
The Moscone Center is San Francisco's largest convention and exhibition complex. The Moscone Center consists of two located underground halls ( Moscone North and Moscone South ) at the Yerba Buena Garden, as well as the location, between the 4th and 5th Street Moscone West.
History
Built in 1981 Moscone South, were designed by architects Hellmuth, Obata & cash tree and named after the 1978 Moscone murdered Mayor George. Ironically, this spoke against the construction of the Moscone Center, because he feared the displacement of the population. In 1991, the Moscone Center for 157 million U.S. dollars has been extended to Moscone North. The last time being new was the three-story Moscone West. After four years of construction, the new building was opened in 2003. Meanwhile, construction costs amounted to 158 million U.S. dollars. Fraud, the exhibition area in 1981, about 28,000 square feet, so she grew with each enlargement to the same value.
Events
In the Moscone Center, among other significant annual developer conferences and exhibitions. These include
- Macworld Expo
- Worldwide Developers Conference Apple
- Game Developers Conference
- Google I / O Google
- JavaOne Oracle
Environmental
In March 2004, a photovoltaic plant was inaugurated on the roof of the Moscone Center. This was the first step in the direction of San Francisco's zero-emission and environmentally friendly energy supply to the city from renewable energy sources. The facility consists of 60,000 square meters of solar cells, which deliver an output of 675 kW. It is one of the largest solar plants in the country. In combination with improved energy efficiency can be as energy that would consume about 8,500 households, can be saved.