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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Solar at the Bullitt Center

Posted by Nina Smith-Gardiner, AIA, LEED AP on Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:02 AM

Solar can pencil out in Seattle. Position the photovoltaic panels to receive the long days of summer sun in our region and enough energy will be generated to provide clean energy and potentially provide a good return on investment. Seattle receives slightly more solar radiation than Germany, a country well on its way to meeting…

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