The Bullitt Center Generated 30% More Energy Than It Used in Its First 10 Years Building shows what’s possible in a sector that is still failing to meet the climate imperative SEATTLE—In its first ten years, the Bullitt Center has generated nearly 30% more energy from solar panels on its roof than it has used,…
Read MoreAs part of the National Solar Tour, the Bullitt Center will be offering tours this Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:30pm. Led by the University of Washington docents, the tour will offer participants a behind-the-scenes look at the water system, mass timber structure, irresistible stairway, and of course, the solar array. If you’d…
Read MoreThe Bullitt Center was designed to show what’s possible. It is exploring scores of new ideas in an effort to push architects, engineers, developers, and bankers to ever-greater levels of environmental performance. Before the Center was built, for example, every developer interviewed by the project team asserted that it would be impossible to generate as…
Read MoreOn November 1, 2018, the Bullitt Center team turned on the rainwater-to-potable water system, serving safe, clean drinking water to building tenants and visitors. No compound is more central to life on Earth than water. It is literally the stuff of which all living things are made. And yet, as a society people tend to…
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