Case Study: The Bullitt Center

The tactics that buildings should emulate, according the Living Building Challenge are in place relative its pedals, which are:

Site

The Bullitt Center is build on what use to house a one story restaurant with a surface parking lot. Many existing structures are simply demolished in order to minimize impact on the overall project schedule and associated costs. Builders also took into consideration to save the salvaged material from destroyed structure and incorporate it into the new design. 

Water

The Bullitt Center uses portable water, waste water, and grey water. The building is regulated by Washington State Department of Health’s Group for safe drinking water so that rainwater collected on the roof and stored so it can meet all of the building’s needs. The building sends its waste water to King County’s Carnation facility, where it will be filtered using natural processes and used to restore a native wetland. The grey water comes from sink and shower drains. They will be filtered, stored, and then treated in a constructed wetland, which is visible on the building’s second story roof.