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New ‘Green Building’ programs have neighbors seeing red

Belltown residents cried foul when a proposed residential development was granted extra height and floor area by pledging to meet Green Building standards, even though these incentives would block more of their daylight and views. Learn how the new Belltown Livability Coalition is fighting back.

New ‘Green Building’ programs have neighbors seeing red

Daylight: the ultimate amenity or shared essential resource?

In Seattle, access to daylight is marketed as the ultimate amenity in new luxury towers. Ironically some of these towers will block up to 100% of daylight to neighbors. Will lack of equitable planning divert this essential resource to those who pay top dollar?

Daylight: the ultimate amenity or shared essential resource?