Innovation
Video: Greenest building in world uses no water or electricity
A "Living Building" in Seattle is more like a self-contained spaceship than a conventional building -- and its investors anticipate profiting as a result
About the only thing the Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design won't do is grow food for its inhabitants. Six stories, 50,000 square feet, and it won't use a single watt of electricity from the grid, nor a drop of water from the ample supply in downtown Seattle, where it's sited.