The stylishly sustainable Bullitt Center, a commercial building in Seattle, has been named the most ‘Sustainable Building of the Year’ by World Architecture News.
The building – built by organizer of the first Earth Day and Earth Day Network board chair Denis Hayes – enjoyed its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Earth Day 2013.
The Bullitt Center features a wide variety of sustainable innovations, including a grey water collection and filtration system, composting toilets, a 242-kilowatt solar rooftop, a solar-powered radiant heating system in its concrete floors, and 400-foot heat exchanger wells.
The building acts as a living organism. It monitors light, carbon dioxide, indoor-outdoor temperatures and weather conditions – and then self-adjusts accordingly.
According to one of World Architecture News judges: “There was obviously a deep commitment and collaboration from client, public agencies, and the multidisciplinary design team to making important new discoveries for sustainable design.”