FEATURED EVENT
Lighting for Health & Behavior (Hybrid) – 2/26/2025
Lighting for Health & Behavior (Hybrid Event) Join NW EcoBuilding Guild for its first in-person education session of 2025! We’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with South Seattle College to host this event. In this session about lighting design for health we’ll cover the following topics: Health & emotional well-being issues Seasonal issues Circadian rhythm Day lighting Affordability EMFs (quick overview) Our speakers for this session include Nathanael Washam from Luminous NW and Eric Strandberg from Lighting Design Lab. They’ll teach us how to avoid glare, discuss whether a skylight can be a bad idea, address how lighting may affect behavior, share various lighting control options, help us understand what fixtures to use and when, and cover circadian lighting…
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Hemp-Lime Is Now in the IRC
A new evolution of hemp and lime, Hemp-lime (Hempcrete) is now in the IRC (International Residential Code). This accomplishment was a decades long project of the US Hemp Building Foundation (USHBF). The USHBF explains, “Hempcrete insulation has been used in Europe for about 30 years, but couldn’t be included in US building codes until industrial hemp was legalized in the United States with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.” If you’re about to ask, “What happens when a hemp-lime home burns?”, meaning will you get high, the simple answer is “No” and “No”. No, industrial hemp does not contain any significant amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the molecule that…
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E4 162TEN Eco Flats
162TEN is Redmond’s newest ECO-living flat and apartment complex, built to celebrate the artistic. Awesome is seeing vivacity, sustainability, and affordable living come together in one community. This community features the perfect space for your active, urban lifestyle with plenty of secure bike storage. These flats come fully furnished with utilities included in a very affordable base rent. Community kitchens replace confinement and themed common areas inspire artistic creativity. Life-changing is being a part of it.