Bertschi Center Awards and Grants

• The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded the Bertschi Center LEED Gold Certification, a nationally recognized standard of high performance design and construction.
• The Bertschi Center was announced as one of the winners of the 2008 “What Makes It Green?” competition and was recognized as one of the best green designs in the Northwest and Pacific regions.
• The School Designer website awarded the Bertschi Center Green Piece Gold, High Tech Bronze, and Student's Love It Bronze awards. The judges liked the emphasis on using the building as a teaching tool and recognized us as a school with, “a high degree of environmental consciousness among the children”.
• In April 2006, Seattle City Light awarded Bertschi School a Seattle Green Power grant. This grant included solar pv panels and an inverter to build a 4000 watt solar array. The array is installed on the Schoolhouse building roof and provides power to the new Bertschi Center.