. >> dennis hague runs the non-profit eco friendly bullet foundation. >> we wanted to place a very big bet to show that what was going on in green building wasn't beginning to achieve what is possible, and we wanted to set a very high bar that the theory being once it exists, it's possible. >> the concept here is bio mimicry, build a building that operates like a plant. >> we tried to design this building as if it were a doug fir tree, using the rain for all it's water, composting all its waste. >> a building that takes its cues from nature. >> there's the weather station over there. that's feeding information into our system, it's telling us the wind speed and wind direction and if it's raining and if it's sunny. >> what do we have up here? >> these are the solar panels. >> can we go up there? >> absolutely. it's 575 panels producing 232,000-kilowatt hours. >> the rooftop solar array gives power to the grid in the summer and takes it back in the dreary northwest winter. the building produces 60% more electricity every year than it uses. tenants who meet conservation goals don't pay fo

. >> dennis hague runs the non-profit eco friendly bullet foundation. >> we wanted to place a very big bet to show that what was going on in green building wasn't beginning to achieve what is possible, and we wanted to set a very high bar that the theory being once it exists, it's possible. >> the concept here is bio mimicry, build a believe that operates like a plant. >> we tried to design this building as if it were a fir tree, using the rain for all it's water, comb posting all its waste. >> a building that takes its cues from nature. >> there's the weather station over there. that's feeding information into our system, it's telling us the wind speed and wind direction and if it's raining and if it's sunny. >> what do we have up here? >> these are the solar panels. >> can we go up there? >> absolutely. it's five must not 75 panels producing 232,000-kilowatt hours. >> the array gives power to the you if it grid in the summer and takes it back in the dreary northwest winter. the building produces 60% more electricity every year than it uses. tenants who meet conservation goals don't p