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30 de mar. de 2014 · Solar Power. The Bullitt Center’s roof consists of 575 photovoltaic panels, a 1300 m 2 (14000 ft 2) array capable of producing 230 megawatt-hours of electricity per year.Rather than aiming the array due south with a tilt angle equal to its latitude, as conventional wisdom dictates, the designers realized that Seattle’s cloudy character is more prevalent in the winter, so they chose to take ...
29 de jul. de 2015 · El Bullitt Center es un edificio situado en Seattle, EEUU, y es considerado el “edificio de oficinas más verde del mundo” por el International Living Future Institute cuando se terminó en 2013, representando el alto nivel de la sostenibilidad posible en un entorno urbano.
18 de jun. de 2022 · Bullitt Center. The Bullitt Center office building in Seattle, USA pioneered deep green design methods that pushed the boundaries of sustainable architecture. Owned and operated by the Bullitt Foundation, the building is described by Robert Peña and colleagues as catalysing ‘a shift in outlook from the notion of buildings as machines for ...
The Bullitt Center is the product of the Bullitt Foundation’s vision to promote urban sustainability in Cascadia, the Northwest corner of the US and the Southwest corner of Canada. All big advances begin as an idea. The Bullitt Center is designed to show what’s possible, increasing the pace of change in the movement toward high performance ...
25 de ene. de 2023 · Take the Bullitt Center in Seattle. By avoiding toxic materials, using wood harvested sustainably from nearby forests, providing on-site water filtration, relying exclusively on solar energy and composting sewer systems, and locating in a central city location, the Bullitt Center actively enhances the greater ecosystem of Seattle.
Rainwater Harvesting. Like a Doug fir forest, the Bullitt Center re-uses water and returns excess to the soil. 100% of the water used in the Bullitt Center comes from captured rainwater. Greywater is treated and re-used in the vacuum-flush toilet system. Excess greywater is returned to the soil to help recharge the aquifer. The Bullitt Center ...
The source of the heat for the radiant system actually starts 400 feet below the Bullitt Center, where twenty six geo-thermal wells dive 400 feet below the building. This ground-source heat pump uses a closed-loop tube containing a mixture of water and glycol that receives and gives off heat quickly to the surrounding soil and groundwater, which remains at a constant temperature of 53 degrees F.
