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May 2013

Seattle Climate Action Plan and Nick Licata’s Resolution 31400

Neither the City of Seattle Climate Action Plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, nor Nick Licata’s Resolution 31400, establishing a Green Building Advisory Board for the City of Seattle, make any mention of Passive House. Passive House (Passivhaus) is the approach to designing ultra-low-energy …

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May 20, 2013
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by Rob Harrison

How Seattle Thwarts Innovative Building

Seattle prides itself on its forward green thinking. However, it lags terribly behind on forward green doing. Why is that? There may be other factors endemic to the banking system in the US and the financing of projects, but here are …

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May 20, 2013
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