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Newsletter - Building Community
Awards & Recognition
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High Point wins City's "Built Green"
Award
Recognized for healthier, environmentally friendly home design and development
SEATTLE—May
5, 2005—High Point’s redevelopment plan won one of four
awards given by the City’s 2005 Built Green Seattle Design
Competition. The competition recognizes healthier, environmentally friendly home design and development. The
award was given at the Built Green Annual Conference
on
March 17.
“We are
proud of High Point’s innovative plan and the healthy effects it
will have on the environment and the residents,” said Tom Phillips,
High Point Redevelopment Manager.
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Mithun Architects, SvR Design, Nakano Associates, Seattle
Housing, and residents worked together to create the
award-winning redevelopment plan. When complete, High Point
will feature 1,600 new, affordable and market-rate homes,
each built to the highest three-star Built Green standard.
SHA's Tom Phillips (at podium)accepts the
award with members of the High Point design team. |
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Built
Green is a residential green building program developed by the
Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. A year
and a half ago, there were only 12 Built Green™ certified homes in
Seattle. Now, Seattle has 79 Built Green™ certified single-family
and multifamily projects with a total 189 units. The addition of
High Point’s 1,600 units will increase this significantly.
To
qualify for the highest three-star rating in the Communities
category, the project must achieve at least 350 points. High Point,
with its numerous green features, earned 512 points. Perhaps the
most significant is the natural drainage system, designed to protect
and enhance the water quality of Longfellow Creek. The site will
mimic the functions of nature by filtering and cleaning water
through specially designed planting strips and a large water
detention pond. The 34 city-block scale at High Point is by far the
largest urban application of this model in the country.
In
Built Green’s Multi-family category, 300 points are needed to
qualify for the highest three-star rating. High Point earned 452 –
far exceeding the standard. All homes will include healthy features
such as high-efficiency heaters, quiet whole-house fans, airtight drywall
installation, and reduced-emission paints and cabinets.
Seattle Housing will also build 35
“Breathe-Easy Homes” designated for asthma sufferers, which
incorporate many of the most progressive green construction and
landscaping know-how and materials available today. SHA is
partnering with other agencies to educate residents on maintaining
an asthma-free environment.
The competition’s $10,000 award will
be given to the High Point neighborhood to fund a to-be-determined
sustainable community amenity.
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