The Seattle Convention Center - Summit

We are excited to once again be hosting Flock at the SCC Summit! We LOVE it here - this incredible building not only fits our show needs, but provides a level of additional community spaces that is hard to find elsewhere.

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The Summit

The Summit building opened in 2023. Here are some cool facts about the space!

  • Summit was built with repurposed materials. Showcasing Seattle’s commitment to sustainability, the construction of Summit included using reclaimed wood from the car dealership that once occupied part of the site. That wood can now be found in the building’s drink rails and large columns in the lobby. The center also includes 3,900 wormwood boards salvaged from log booms that now hang suspended from the ballroom’s 65-foot-tall ceiling.
  • Tackling food waste is a big priority. At Summit, the kitchen and scullery include two waste dehydrators that use high heat recirculation to dehydrate food waste. These machines reduce its volume and weight by up to 90 percent, which minimizes waste disposal’s impact on the environment.
  • It symbolizes SCC’s commitment to diversity. When construction began in 2018, the Summit team set the goal of awarding $80 million in contracts to women- and minority-owned local businesses. By the project’s completion, they had committed $150 million to such companies — almost double their goal.
  • The building’s design elements honor Seattle icons. Large numeral indicators on each floor aren’t just smart wayfinding features, they also visually honor the region’s various industries and cultures. For example, on the second floor, the numeral 2 incorporates actual ropes, representing the maritime industry. On the fourth floor, cassette tapes from local artists like Nirvana, Brandi Carlile, and Sir Mix-a-Lot make up the numeral 4.
  • Expect to find innovative design solutions throughout. Summit features one of the nation’s largest window shade systems, which was made by a local, woman-owned company. Seattle-based Lumenomics designed and provided the main ballroom’s 12 window shades, each one measuring 63 feet tall and 10 feet wide.
  • Summit is a showcase of local art. The SCC’s robust public art program is on display at Summit, highlighting a range of local artists who have contributed to Seattle’s unique culture. Several featured artworks were crafted by Indigenous artists and encourage visitors to engage with the history of the land that the building occupies.

source: https://www.pcma.org/6-surprising-facts-about-seattle-convention-center-summit-building/

Community Spaces

There are SO many places for people to meet and hang out at the SCC Summit! Some of our favorites are below - click through to explore!

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The Summit building is LEED Platinum certified, making it one of only two convention centers in the country that has achieved this certification! Below are some sustainability facts about our space:

  • During the construction phase, debris was diverted from disposal in landfills and incineration facilities. Materials that could be recycled were sent back to be manufactured into reusable products.

  • Summit's interior incorporates sustainably sourced, recyclable, and recycled content. This includes plant-based acoustic ceiling tiles, bio-based fabric panels, a ballroom ceiling made of reclaimed worm wood from old log booms, and benches constructed from large, salvaged timbers. The reclaimed wood from the building that previously occupied a corner of the site was repurposed as railings throughout the building.

  • Summit's rooftop solar panels improve the building's energy performance by 30 percent. They will initially generate 75 kilowatts and has the capacity to produce up to 228 KW. The design has a provision for additional panels, which would boost energy efficiency even further.

  • The construction project achieved Salmon-Safe certification. This is a peer-reviewed program that certifies and monitors projects to improve their benefits to the environment, particularly around restoring urban watersheds!

  • The Garden Terrace reduces the "heat island effect" of the urban area. The larger, high roof of Summit is white (reflecting heat vs absorbing heat) and counts positively to our LEED rating.

  • Summit has two large tanks to capture rainwater that total 400,000-gallons! The dirty storm water will go through a filtering process to become the harvested clean storm water. The clean storm water will be used for landscaping irrigation as well as toilet flushing.

Source-: https://seattleconventioncenter.com/Summit

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