New Publication: The Greenest Building

Posted by Michael Berrisford on Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 7:23 PM

“The Bullitt Center was the type of design challenge architects dream about.”  Brian Court, The Miller Hull Partnership   Mary Adam Thomas’ newly released book, THE GREENEST BUILDING: How the Bullitt Center Changes the Urban Landscape, documents the historic creation of the greenest Class-A commercial office building in the world. The storyline traces the Bullitt Foundation’s…

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Bullitt Center Far Exceeds Energy Goals in First Year of Operations

Posted by Brad Kahn on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:05 PM

NEWS RELEASE: April 22, 2014 – Earth Day SEATTLE – For its first birthday on Earth Day 2014, the Bullitt Center announces that it greatly exceeded its ambitious energy performance goals, even when accounting for growing occupancy over its first 12 months of operations. Honored by World Architecture News as the “greenest commercial building in…

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Living Proof: Thinking Outside the Box

Posted by Denis Hayes on Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:57 PM

When the Bullitt Foundation determined to create the greenest commercial building in the world, we embarked on a quest that was ridiculously ambitious but enormously rewarding. I’d assumed that the toughest challenge would be to build a zero net energy six-story building in Seattle—the cloudiest city in the lower 48. That was indeed difficult, but probably not…

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Net Positive Energy + Water Conference

Posted by Nina Smith-Gardiner, AIA, LEED AP on Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:37 PM

On February 4-5, 2014, the International Living Future Institute (ILFI)  presented a fantastic series of events and speakers over two days in San Francisco, focusing on projects that are Net Zero in their energy and water use.  As inspiration, the conference started with a tour of projects in San Francisco and the East Bay.  The…

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