by Alen Blake | Apr 1, 2015 | Publications
“Great example of sustainable living within preservation!”; “Most amazing multi-family building ever!” These were just two of the comments posted as part of the DJC’s Building of the Year contest. The Sunset Electric building won 38% of the vote to top the list...
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by Alen Blake | Apr 1, 2015 | Publications
This month Ecotope will energy audit Seattle Center House (also called the Armory)at Seattle Center as part of our ongoing efforts to assist the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment in its mission to reduce the carbon footprint of Seattle municipal...
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by Alen Blake | Mar 24, 2015 | Publications
The Puget Sound Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) awarded the 2015 Technology award to Stack House Apartments. The building is currently operating at an EUI of 19.6 kbtu/sf/yr; making this the most...
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by Alen Blake | Mar 17, 2015 | Publications
In 2012, Ben Larson & Ecotope led a large, region-wide effort to validate the energy savings estimates of heat pump water heaters (HPWH). The HPWH Savings Validation study consisted of directly monitoring HPWHs in 50 sites, integrating the work of two previous...
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by Alen Blake | Mar 17, 2015 | Publications
Well on the top of Mt. Constitution. Ecotope Design Team members Colin Grist, Henry Odum & Morgan Heater spent an awesome weekend mountain biking on Orcas Island.
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by Alen Blake | Mar 15, 2015 | Publications
Have we mentioned how much we like pie and numbers? In honor of this year’s Super Pi day we celebrated the once in a lifetime event with a prefunction on March 13: 3.1315. Not the same but still delicious. We started our pi feast at 9:26am with round...
