The greenest building
Subtitle: how the Bullitt Center changes the urban landscape
By: Mary Adam Thomas
Edition: First edition.
Series: Living building challenge series; Living building challenge series
Publisher: Ecotone Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780982774960
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Sustainable buildings; Case studies; Buildings; Technological innovations; Office buildings; Buildings, structures; Constructions durables; Études de cas; Aspect de l'environnement; Constructions; Innovations; Immeubles de bureaux; Environmental aspects; Bullitt Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Description: The Greenest Building: How the Bullitt Center Changes the Urban Landscape takes readers on a private tour through the profoundly game changing Bullitt Center, the first Class A commercial office structure in the world designed and engineered to meet the rigorous demands of the Living Building Challenge. The book begins with Part I, the contextual backstory of the Bullitt Foundation and its transition from a family based philanthropic organization to an influential ecological grant maker led by noted environmental pioneer Denis Hayes. Part II summarizes how designers, engineers, and builders engaged with forward-thinking regulators, lenders, and community members in a combined effort to create an extraordinary building that stands for what is possible in the urban built environment. Part III contains vivid details of how the project team approached and achieved the Imperatives of all seven Living Building Challenge Petals: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Materials, Equity, and Beauty. Part IV condenses the performance reports that earned the Bullitt Center its Living Building certification. The Greenest Building goes deep inside the Bullitt Center and its numerous innovations, one performance area Petal at a time.
Notes: "An Ecotone Publishing Book/2016."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Daniel S. Friedman; title: Part I. Foundational change. The building's back story; title: Part II. Breaking new ground. The players, the process, and the plan; title: Part III. Rooted in the city. Rising to the petals of the Living Building Challenge ; The water petal ; The energy petal ; The health petal ; The materials petal ; The equity petal ; The beauty petal; title: Part IV. Proof. The Bullitt Center lives; title: Appendix. Living building partners ; Awards and honors ; International Living Future Institute.