Sneak Peek of a Green Building

I've been interested in touring a green building for a while now, and I recently had the chance to poke around the county building at 5th and Jefferson.


My favorite feature? Try to guess what it is:




These are two options for flushing a toilet. The wavy-lined button on the left is meant for "liquid only" and the button on the right is industrial-sized flushing. Notice the background tile is a soothing green. Ahhhhhhh. The bathroom also had aerated faucets (which reduce water use by 70% over non-aerated) and a few other features.


The building had useful, descriptive recycling.

And the magnetic key card readers were not made of black plastic with a blinking red light, but an earth-toned picture of a tree. Happiness.