X
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
Written by Christopher Mims, Contributing Editor

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.

Editorial standards