Contact and Locations

NextNow Collaboratory has two locations–the main office at the Sustainable Enterprise Cluster in the David Brower Center, and an 1,800 square foot office and collaboration space in the Strawberry Creek Design Center.

David Brower Center

Our newest location, NextNow Collaboratory is part of the Sustainable Enterprise Cluster at the new David Brower Center, one of the Bay Area’s most advanced green buildings.  (The developers, Equity Community Builders, also developed San Francisco’s Thoreau Center for Sustainability.)  Situated right across the street from the University of California, Berkeley, the DBC considers itself the region’s hub for environmental and social action.  It was conceived as a physical space that will foster collaboration among tenants and with the larger community, catalyze a broader population in advocacy, and facilitate cross-sector communication and solutions.  We’re thrilled to be part of this community that includes Earth Island Institute, The Center for Ecoliteracy, and The Redford Center, as well as several for-profit companies dedicated to facilitating the shift.

When you come to visit, put this in the category of “Don’t Miss”:

Building Dashboard: Our interactive Building Dashboard will make the Brower Center’s energy consumption transparent by allowing the Center, our tenants and our visitors to monitor the building’s energy “vital signs” in real time right from this site. Check out our consumption right now, or look at consumption patterns over time. Compare our building’s usage with another monitored building. And get an in-depth look at the green design features that help reduce our impact on the planet.

NextNow Collaboratory, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 280, Berkeley, CA  94704

NextNow Collaboratory is pleased to host the offices of social benefit programs Kumu.cc and Techne Verde 

BROWER CENTER:  GREEN FEATURES (Courtesy JETSON GREEN)

The building was designed to foster community and collaboration and be ecologically sound.  The Brower Center will provide educational programming, lectures, events, and exhibits.  Centrally located in Berkley, tenants can take public transportation or bike commute because of available bicycle parking and showers.  A car-share program is also located in the underground garage.  Other environmental features include:

• Photovoltaics on the roof provide shade and solar energy;
• 53% of the materials used in construction were recycled;
• High fly-ash content concrete used in foundation walls;
• Gray water system uses runoff water for toilet flushing and irrigation;
• Efficient radiant heating and cooling within concrete structural slabs;
• Solar shading on all south facing windows;
• 100% daylighting in all office areas; and
• Non-toxic carpet and finishes throughout.

The David Brower Center was designed to be 40% more energy efficient than a similar, traditionally constructed building, but the most fascinating feature is the proposed Interactive Building Dashboard.  This will allow tenants and visitors to monitor the building’s current energy consumption.  It uses patterns over time and compares those results with other monitored buildings.

Strawberry Creek Design Center

Our main collaboration space is 1,800 square feet on the second floor of this historical registry building catering to artists, NGO’s and social entrepreneurs, and is perfect for events and larger gatherings.  We’re fortunate to have Natural Logic Sustainability Consultants as tenants, who greatly enrich us with their presence.

NextNow Collaboratory, Strawberry Creek Design Center, 1250 Addison Ave., Suite 202, Berkeley, CA  94702

The two addresses are very similar, so be careful to remember which one you’re aiming for.

Email contact: Claudia Welss, ED, cwelss(AT)nextnow.net