“Installing an 18-watt compact fluorescent light in place of a 75-watt incandescent light bulb will save about 570 kWh and over 1,300 pounds of CO2 emissions over the life of the compact fluorescent.” –Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings 1999  

Step 4: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

City Projects
Seattle City Hall
Projected to be a LEED silver building, once the open space project in front is complete. Strategies include rainwater harvesting, an under-floor HVAC system, and a green roof.

Seattle Justice Center
The first City of Seattle project to take on the challenge of meeting LEED silver. Strategies include a double skin wall, green roof and high efficiency HVAC system. The Justice Center is one of the first buildings in the state with variable-flow chillers in its cooling system.

Fisher Pavilion
A LEED certified building at the Seattle Center. Strategies include a hybrid mechanical/natural ventilation system, and an 87% construction waste recycling rate.

South West Precinct Police Station
A new 30,000 square foot police station which relieves the previously overcrowded South Precinct and Station building. The building opened in 2003. Projected to be a LEED Certified building, the project incorporates daylighting and the use of recycled content materials.

Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center
A LEED Gold building. Strategies include rainwater harvesting, on-site green power generation with a photovoltaic system, and energy efficiency (45% less energy than Seattle Energy Code requires).

Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Projected to be a LEED silver building, the hall contains an active lobby west wall with a naturally ventilated "chimney" created by motorized internal blinds and a 90% construction waste recycling rate.

Police Support Facility
A facility for the Seattle Police Department, it is projected to be a LEED silver building and will open in summer 2004. Strategies include re-use of an existing building, certified wood, re-use and salvage and groundwater harvesting.

Key Tower
The project includes 550,000 square feet of Tenant Improvement Projects to move the City’s administrative staff into a downtown Seattle high-rise tower. Strategies include improved indoor air quality, salvage and re-use, and recycled content materials. A thermal chimney is incorporated into the new entry vestibule at the base of the Tower.

North Cascades Environmental Learning Center
A Seattle City Light project that will be a field-based learning center in the heart of North Cascades National Park. It will include classrooms, labs, library, dining hall, community center, overnight accommodations, outdoor shelters and a boathouse. Sustainable features include extensive use of certified sustainable harvest wood products. Slated to open in 2004.

Seattle Central Library
A 363,000 square foot facility being built on the site of the former downtown library. It is planned to be a LEED silver building, sustainable features include exemplary energy conservation through an innovative triple glazed external façade. Scheduled for occupancy in the summer of 2004.

  
Regional Projects
Cedar River Watershed Education Center
This project includes a green roof, extensive use of certified wood and water efficiency.

IslandWood
A LEED Gold building it incorporates a Living Machine, solar hot water, a photovoltaic system, natural ventilation, certified and on-site harvested wood, indoor air quality, water efficiency and high volume fly ash concrete.

King Street Center
This project includes daylighting controls, recycled content materials and rainwater collection and re-use.

Traugott Terrace
The first LEED certified affordable housing project in the nation.

Issaquah Highlands Fire Station # 73
An 11,000 sq ft certified LEED Silver fire station. The building uses a variety of recycled materials, including flyash concrete, exterior paint, acoustic ceiling tile and metal roofing. It also has a biodiesel refueling station to power an emergency generator and service vehicles, and a 5,000-gallon rainwater catchment system to wash fire trucks.

Pierce County Environmental Services Building
The Pierce County Environmental Services Building is located on the Chambers Creek Properties, a site of over 900 acres, including 2-1/2 miles of waterfront on Puget Sound.