eco friendly seattle

apart from the fact that a lot of people ride bikes... a real lot!!! and the place is so freaking full of hills! i thought about hiring one myself but then i had a look around and no way i'm going to bike over all those hills...

and apart from everybody being obsessed with organic food and organic farms and eat local and eat more veggies...

thumbs up for both facts, but this time i wanted to bring attention to seattle's green building strategy: one of the examples is the seattle public library, built with energy efficiency, water conservation, recycled materials and improved environmental quality in mind. isn't it cool?
when architectural choices can avoid waste of energy and resources, why not doing it?!