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1. The Seattle Central Library is certified LEED Silver, and includes, among other things, a rainwater collection system on the roof of the building that stores rainwater for landscape irrigation. Since Seattle gets 155 days on average of measurable rain every year, the system greatly reduces the building's water usage and reduces its impact on Seattle's water supply.
2. The Seattle Central Library receives 5400 visitors a day on average. The designers of the building predicted about half that number in volume would visit, but made sure that the Library could accommodate a greater number of people comfortably in its open spaces and computer labs.
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3. The Library has a special children's room, with "child-size" computers, keyboards, and mice to help teach children how to type and use the Internet. I think that having a children's computer lab is a fantastic idea, and I would love to see this concept applied at other libraries.
Source:
[1] Athens, Lucia. "Design for Social Sustainability at Seattle's Central Library." Journal of Green Building 2.1 (2007): 1-21. Print.
[2] "Green Building." Buckeye Footprint. Ohio State University, 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.
[3] "Seattle Public Library." Bruce Mau Design. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.