Meeting the Challenge
Seattle Living Building Pilot Program
As part of Seattle’s climate strategies, this pilot provides height and floor area incentives for buildings in exchange for meeting high-performance green building requirements, including Petal Certification. In order to meet the requirements of Seattle’s Living Building Pilot Program, Watershed must meet these ambitious sustainability requirements: Petal Certification from the Living Future Institute, 25% reduction in total energy, 75% reduction in potable water usage, and reuse 50% of onsite stormwater (rainfall). See program links below for more information:
Living Building Challenge Petals
Created by the International Living Future Institute, the Living Building Challenge is a rigorous certification standard for deep green projects that focuses on answering one key question: “What if the act of design and construction made the world a better place?” Living Building Petal Certification is available to Buildings that meet the requirements for 3 of the 7 Living Building Challenge Petals. Watershed chose to pursue the Place, Materials and Beauty Petals. See Petal links below for more information:
