Tag: green buildings

Seattle City Light and the Bullitt Foundation are trying to create a new business model for financing deep energy efficiency improvements. They are working to create a contract that would quantify energy savings relative to standard commercial buildings and pay for them as utility energy purchases.  A pilot project to begin later this year will focus […]

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The City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development (OED) , with their lending partners, offers affordable loans to eligible businesses that can cover all of the cost of purchasing and installing energy efficient equipment.  With these upgrades, businesses can take advantage of improved profitability, upgrade old equipment, reduce operating costs, and create a comfortable, attractive […]

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Brooks Sports’ proposed “deep green” Seattle headquarters received Seattle City Council Land Use Committee approval for an extra 20 feet of height in return for the project’s environment-friendly design.  The developer, Skansa, says the extra height is needed to make the building economically viable.  Skanska is seeking approval for the controversial five-story building under a […]

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The mission of the Renton Technical College Construction Center of Excellence  is to be a resource hub between the K-20 education system and the construction industry to support workforce and economic development.  The new new small business incubator part of the website can be found at http://www.constructioncoejobs.com/. The school is offering several free trainings and resources: […]

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McKinstry, a leader in integrated construction, energy, service and smart building innovations, has announced that Jamie Pedersen has been hired as Vice President General Counsel and Heidi de Laubenfels has been hired as the Director of Communications and External Relations.  In addition, Ron Johnson has been named Vice President of Facility Services, Mike Locke has […]

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Source:  Western Today, Solar panels installed atop Environmental Studies, March 30, 2012. A Western Washington University student-funded solar array is being installed atop the Environmental Studies Building in Bellingham.  The 5kWh array will cost $167,500 and is paid for from the student paid Green Energy Fee.  It is one of four projects being installed this […]

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Source: Miguel Llanos,  MSNBC, March 20, 2012. The Bullitt Center, a six-story, $30 million “living” building designed, maybe a prototype for future buildings.  The Center is designed to use a third of the energy used by a similar, conventional building. It is designed to generate solar electricity, collect rainfall water, and treat sewage and wastewater […]

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ecoFAB announced that it has become a distributor for Indow Windows, a Portland-based company.  Indow Windows are thermal window inserts that press into the inside of window frames to double-pane window performance at a fraction of the cost. Indow Windows was a 2011  Runner Up in the overall global competition, the Northwest Regional Award, the […]

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Source:  SnoPUD press release, March 14, 2012. The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Lake Stevens School District with its “Energy Star Leader” Award for building energy efficiency–cutting energy use by over thirty percent.  WCTA Gold Member Snohomish County Public Utility District has worked with the district for several years.  In the past two years […]

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Source:  GreenFab Blog, March 1, 1012.  Seattle PI, March 6, 2012. Greenfab was awarded LEED Platinum certification for  green homebuilding and design. This is Washington State’s first ever certified LEED Platinum, modular home.   LEED-certified homes complete a technically rigorous process that often includes a home energy rating and inspections to verify that the home is […]

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