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Rainwater Catchment, Sustainability

Heron Hall and Bullitt Center Take on Living Building Challenge

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Close-up of a worn, metallic fountain pen nib on a black surface.Chances are if you’re from Seattle you have heard of the Bullitt Center. According to its website, “The Bullitt Center was designed to show what’s possible today, changing the way people think about high performance green building.”

One of the most ambitious aspects of the Bullitt Center was to achievethe goals of the Living Building Challenge,created by CEO Jason McLennan in 2006 and encourages eco-centric design. The Living Building Challenge carriesthe strictest green building requirements in the industry.

Close-up of a worn, metallic fountain pen nib on a black surface.Now McLennan is building his own home, Heron Hall, incorporating the same design challenges as the Bullitt Center. Heron Hall’s whole house water system is sole source, meaning that rainwater is the only source of water. The water system was designed by 2020 Engineering with RainBank Rainwater Systems as a consultanttothe design team. RainBank was contracted to construct the 15,000 Gallon Contain Water Systems tankcistern and now is looking forward to building the filtration and pumping system.

McLennan recently published a blog post about the cistern build, which was completed last week. RainBank’s Engineer, Chad Lindsly, along with president Ken Blair are working on the finaldetails of the system’s components and will be installing that portion of the system soon.

Stay tuned for updates on this exciting project.

Residential Rainwater Collection

Heron Hall – A Living Building Home

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Close-up of a worn, metallic fountain pen nib on a black surface.RainBank Rainwater Collection Systems principal Ken Blair is pleased to bea member ofthe Engineering and Consultant Team for Jason McLennan’s Heron Hall, aliving building homeon Bainbridge Island, WA.

McLennan is the CEO of the International Living Future Institute, a non profit organization behind the world’s most progressive and stringent green building guidance system. He is the creator ofthe Living Building Challenge and heads Cascadia Green Building Council, the Pacific Northwest chapter for the US Green Building Council and the Canada Green Building Council.

Here, Jason speaks about the living building challenge:

For McLennan, “it’s not enough for architects, construction companies, and real estate management companies to focus on reducing their environmental impact.The time is right to be far more ambitious, think instead about recharging and replenishing our planet“, explains Jason.

Click here for more information about Heron Hall.