November 28, 2007

3 NW projects win awards for 'living buildings'

Photo courtesy of GBD Architects [enlarge]

About 73 percent of water used in the OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland comes from captured or reclaimed water, reducing water bills to less than $100 a month. An on-site bioreactor cleans about 15,000 gallons of wastewater a day.

The Cascadia Region Green Building Council and the U.S. Green Building Council announced the winners of the 2007 Living Building Competition, and three of the six are in the Northwest.

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