Seattle Times Reported on America's Greenest Building to Date

At EnergyHotwire.com, we recognize many so called "GREEN" buildings in our nation, but as we have been saying for years:

"At best they are a shade of green."

Yes, these buildings are Eco-friendly, but only because they met some LEED requirements or addressed some energy saving steps. We have yet to see all areas fully addressed in order to be a "true green zero footprint" structure. In fact, many architects have told us that even if all the LEED requirements are done, the structure and the operation of that building still didn't do all the "green" actions possible to save energy, money and our environment.

An artist's rendering from the Seattle Times shows the Bullitt Foundation's proposed Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction in Seattle's Central District.

This article in the Seattle Times speaks about a new HQ for Bullitt Foundation and how the structure may come very close to being "true" green. As of now, the plans are to use solar and rainwater from the roof to be almost entirely off-grid. The article came out on March 15, 2010 and was written by Eric Pryne of The Seattle Times. The title is: "Rain, even urine, would help make Bullitt HQ city's 'greenest building ever."

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Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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