PAE Blog

Unique, innovative and sustainable design practices have allowed our company to excel. Our blog is a forum to discuss our designs, techniques and culture. Our goal is to create learning opportunities for all who are interested in sustainability and energy and water conservation in the built environment.

PAE opens Seattle office in nation’s largest commercial Living Building

PAE announces opening of it’s Seattle office in the nation’s largest commercial Living Building. Read more

The Bullitt Center: Living Proof

Seattle’s Bullitt Center is planned to open in the spring of 2013. What were the creative influences and practical tools that guided the team behind the design and construction of the world’s largest commercial Living Building? Watch the video to learn more. Read more

Zero Energy Performance Index

A new energy scale is getting some attention lately and I wanted you to know a little bit about it. It’s called the zEPI scale for energy and it stands for Zero Energy Performance Index (zEPI). Read more

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Water Savings in Portland: Just because you have it, doesn’t mean you should waste it.

The first step to implementing water efficiency measures in the Portland office was to determine how much water we were using. Read more

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Reducing PAE’s Office Waste

Back in 2007, PAE signed on to the Natural Step principles and one of its goals was to reduce landfill waste. Although we had implemented numerous recycling programs, we had not implemented a composting system until 2010. Read more