The Bullitt Center, soon to be the home of the UW Integrated Design Laboratory, was featured today in The Daily. Although the building does not open for three months, the center was dubbed the greenest commercial building in the world. 

The six-story, 50,000 square-foot building will be the first urban mid-rise commercial building in the United States to meet the goals of the Living Building Challenge. This certification promotes the most advanced measurements of sustainability in buildings. Designed with a lifespan of 250 years, the building includes 26 geothermal wells, deep wells that use the earth’s energy for heating and cooling, and has a 56,000-gallon cistern in the basement to capture rainwater.

Currently located just west of campus on Northeast Northlake Way, the Integrated Design Laboratory is preparing to move into the first floor of the Bullitt Foundation’s new headquarters at 1501 East Madison Street between downtown and Capitol Hill in late April.

To read more about the Bullitt Center, go here.