ECOTOPE NEWS
Almost the US Open
Henry Odum and Shawn Oram represented Ecotope at the ASHRAE Golf Field Day on Friday, June 6. The annual event benefits ASHRAE Research which funds thousands of projects including topics in the areas of human comfort and the properties of materials and systems used...
West Seattle Multifamily Earns LEED Gold
Ecotope provided design-assist mechanical engineering, energy consulting, and commissioning for the new 4730 California Ave Apartments. The project earned a LEED Gold certification and is complete and beginning to lease up.
Sunset Electric Wins Daily Journal of Commerce Building of the Year
"Great example of sustainable living within preservation!”; “Most amazing multi-family building ever!” These were just two of the comments posted as part of the DJC’s Building of the Year contest. The Sunset Electric building won 38% of the vote to top the list of 10...
Ecotope Audits the Armory
This month Ecotope will energy audit Seattle Center House (also called the Armory)at Seattle Center as part of our ongoing efforts to assist the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment in its mission to reduce the carbon footprint of Seattle municipal...
Local ASHRAE Chapter Gives Top Award to Stack House
The Puget Sound Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) awarded the 2015 Technology award to Stack House Apartments. The building is currently operating at an EUI of 19.6 kbtu/sf/yr; making this the most...
NEEA Releases Ecotope's Heat Pump Water Heater Report
In 2012, Ben Larson & Ecotope led a large, region-wide effort to validate the energy savings estimates of heat pump water heaters (HPWH). The HPWH Savings Validation study consisted of directly monitoring HPWHs in 50 sites, integrating the work of two previous...
On the Top of the World
Well on the top of Mt. Constitution. Ecotope Design Team members Colin Grist, Henry Odum & Morgan Heater spent an awesome weekend mountain biking on Orcas Island.
Pi Day
Have we mentioned how much we like pie and numbers? In honor of this year's Super Pi day we celebrated the once in a lifetime event with a prefunction on March 13: 3.1315. Not the same but still delicious. We started our pi feast at 9:26am with round...
Bellevue Youth Theater Grand Opening
From the outside the Bellevue Youth Theater resembles a Tolkien hobbit hole. But the green mound spiked with light trumpets hides a state-of-the-art, super energy efficient theater and a program which is welcoming to all youth and senior citizens. The new...
Intellectual House Grand Opening
With the sound of drums and the aroma of Native American food the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House had it's grand opening on the University of Washington Campus today. The building is intended as a gathering place for Native American students and venue for community...