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Sustainable Seattle was the first organization to create regional indicators for sustainability. [1] This work influenced many cities and groups around the world and it works in sustainability indicators based on citizens’ values and goals for their communities.
[3] [4] The Bullitt Center was designed to be the greenest commercial building in the world, and was certified as a "Living Building" by the International Living Future Institute in April 2015. [1] It was built by the Bullitt Foundation, a non-profit group based in Seattle that focuses on urban ecology. The foundation is a tenant, occupying ...
Sustainable design and sustainable development are critical factors to sustainable living. Sustainable design encompasses the development of appropriate technology, which is a staple of sustainable living practices. [9] Sustainable development in turn is the use of these technologies in infrastructure.
The Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation is a building on the Seattle University campus, in the U.S. state of Washington. [ 1 ] Artworks in the building include an untitled painting by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Corrupt OS (Portrait of John Stanley Ford) by Anthony White.
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [ 1 ] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the measurement of sustainability in the built ...
Living labs are open innovation ecosystems in real-life environments using iterative feedback processes throughout a lifecycle approach of an innovation to create sustainable impact. They focus on co-creation , rapid prototyping & testing and scaling-up innovations & businesses, providing (different types of) joint-value to the involved ...
Until the early 1990s, the character of University Village was decidedly different. Most of its businesses were small, and the chain stores were all local: Ernst Hardware and Malmo Nursery, Lamonts department store (acquired by Gottschalks in 2000), Pay 'n Save Drugs (sold to PayLess Drug in the early 1990s), and QFC supermarket, then a much smaller facility on the western side of the property ...
Macy's sold the upper 6 levels of the flagship store in 2015 to Starwood Capital. That portion of the building was remodeled into a 475,000-square-foot (44,100 m 2) office complex for Amazon. Macy's remained on the lower two floors and in the basement. [3] On February 23, 2020, the Macy's closed the store and the building was sold to Starwood. [4]