Archive for November, 2011
With the arrival of sustained rains, there is the potential for landslides to occur on landslide prone properties in Seattle. Seattle’s landslide prone properties include most hillsides as well as properties at the top and toe of slopes.
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Posted: November 22nd, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: landslides, rain
The City of Seattle is sending letters to the owners of 8,000 buildings this week informing them of its new building energy-efficiency program. The program aims to help building owners and managers reduce their energy costs through benchmarking – or measuring and rating a building’s energy performance. By benchmarking, owners get insight into how their building uses – and wastes – energy and can begin identifying opportunities to improve energy efficiency and increase savings.
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Posted: November 21st, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: energy benchmarking, Long Range Planning, seattle
Staff from the Office of Sustainability & Environment will lead a discussion on the Seattle Climate Action Plan at the next Great City brownbag this Thursday, November 10 at noon.
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Posted: November 8th, 2011 under Building Connections, Top News Stories.
Tags: Climate Action Plan, Office of Sustainabilty & Environment
Did you know that most landslides occur between the months of December and March? And that 86 percent of landslides are caused to some extent by human activity? Landslide season is upon us and although the Seattle rainfall is currently below the landslide threshold, the City of Seattle is urging residents to take preventive measures to protect themselves and their property from possible landslides.
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Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, Design Commission, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Planning Commission, Top News Stories.
Tags: free, landslides, public meeting
Want to lower your energy bills but don’t know where to begin? Start with "benchmarking" your building. Benchmarking—a free and easy way to track a building’s energy performance—gives owners and managers a better sense of how their buildings are using (and wasting) energy, and also helps identify opportunities to increase building efficiency and lower energy bills.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: energy benchmarking, lower energy bills
Did you know there were nearly 100 reported landslides in Seattle last year? This was a tremendous increase from past years and landslide experts say the wet weather conditions played a large factor.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: landslides, public meeting
This November, DPD is rolling out the Project Portal, a new set of online tools for permit applicants.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: online tools, preliminary application, project portal
The 2009 Seattle Energy Code (and Washington State Energy Code), Section 1411.1, last sentence of the first paragraph, requires that products covered under tables 14-1A through 14-1G be listed in a nationally recognized certification program. Tables 14-1A(3) and 14-1A(4) of the 2009 Seattle Energy Code specify minimum equipment efficiencies for variable refrigerant flow (VRF) equipment and cite Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Standard 1230 as the test procedure.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Updates, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: Seattle Energy Code, variable refrigerant flow equipment
The City Council’s Committee on the Built Environment (COBE) will hold a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday November 16 to consider proposed new legislation amending the Land Use Code to implement lot shape and configuration standards when platting new lots, require new development standards for lots in single family zones that are less than 2,500 square feet in area, limit how lot coverage is calculated, and clarify existing standards for structures eligible for unit lot subdivisions.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Code Updates, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
September 2011 Permit Turnaround Times.
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Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter.
Tags: turnaround times
