About the Market Pavilion

The Institute has provided the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market with the most energy efficient and sustainable farmers’ market facility in the country.  The Institute raised over $4.5 million, signed an 80-year lease, built, and now manages the Market Pavilion in the Santa Fe Railyard.

We are proud to have provided the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market with a LEED-Gold Certified building, awarded by the US Green Building Council. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the worlds greenest, most energy efficient and high performing buildings. The Market Pavilion is the first new construction in downtown Santa Fe that is LEED Gold certified, and the first newly constructed farmers’ market building in the nation incorporating the most energy efficient and green standards.

Design and Construction

The design of the Market Pavilion was completed by Huitt-Zollars Albuquerque Office.  Huitt-Zollars is a full-service firm offering comprehensive engineering, surveying and architectural services. John L. Jarrard, AIA, was the project lead for the building.

Construction was completed by the Cameron Construction,  a Santa Fe based construction company with a record of customer service, quality construction, and on-time completion.

  • June 16, 2017: Ground-breaking with farmers, the Institute Executive Director Sarah Noss, Mayor Coss
  • October 3, 2007: The footers are being dug for the north, two-story part of the building, which will be constructed first. Cement will hopefully be poured next week.
  • October 22, 2007: Trust for Public Land installed two 15,000 gallon tanks just west of our building site. All the rainwater from the Farmers’ Market Building roof drains into these tanks and is used for irrigation of the park and the Market’s landscaped area.
  • March 27, 2008: Sixteen 4’x8′ solar collectors are installed on the roof. These heat for the entire building. Every solar collector will offset as much carbon as the average US commuter car per day. Glycol goes through the collectors and are heated, then run through coils in a 1000 gallon water tank. The heated water is distributed to hot water heaters (used as back up on cloudy days) and through the building. Energy produced on a sunny day by the system is the equivalent of 4 gallons of propane per day.
  • April 23, 2008: The building has a weather station with monitors showing up-to-date weather information, as well as monitors showing how much water’s been caught from the roof, how much water is in the holding tanks, and how much water we’ve diverted for our landscaping needs.
  • June 24, 2008: Completion!

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