Archive for 'Permit Pipeline Newsletter'
Continuous air barriers, capable of preventing air movement through exterior walls, floors and ceilings, have been required by the Seattle Energy Code for more than a year now. These air barriers can either be specially-designed membrane products or can be made up of typical building materials that are carefully joined together into a continuous barrier.
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Posted: March 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: air barriers, blower door test, energy code
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s BetterBricks and the City of Seattle offer free workshops for building owners, property managers and service providers to support compliance with the City of Seattle’s building energy benchmarking and disclosure ordinance.
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Posted: March 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: energy disclosure, workshops
Two Director's Rules, DR 3-2012 and DR 4-2012, are available for public comment until 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2012. One Director's Rule, DR 2-2012, went into effect on February 9, 2012.
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Posted: March 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: building heights, pike/pine, publication updates, west seattle triangle
Every year, between January 1 and March 1, DPD accepts applications from residents to request the relocation of a billboard located within Seattle. If there is a specific billboard that you would like removed from your neighborhood or some other location within the city, now is the time to submit your request.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: applciation, billboard, relocation, request
Last month’s snow, ice and wind gave us a timely reminder about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning during winter power outages. Following our 2006 windstorm, 250 people were treated for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the Puget Sound area and eight died, all from either burning charcoal briquettes inside their homes or from improper use of gasoline-powered generators.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: carbon monoxide, poisoning, power outages, requirements
DPD is committed to providing good customer service to its applicants. The permit turnaround data is updated monthly online and can be viewed at www.seattle.gov/dpd/resourcecenter (go to "Turnaround/Approval Times 2011").
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: permit turnaround times
DPD is creating a proposal for a mandatory unreinforced masonry (URM) retrofit program that will help reduce the earthquake risk to unreinforced masonry buildings. DPD has, with help from a technical committee, developed a proposed standard for retrofits. Next steps include formation of a policy committee this month to help develop recommendations for a retrofit requirement threshold, incentives and penalties, possible financing options, and a time line for implementation.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, Customer Alerts, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: committee, unreinforced masonry building, URM
The December 2011 and January 2012 issues of dpdINFO provided some insight on The International Green Construction Code (IGCC), the IGCC’s relationship to LEED, and how these tools can be used as building blocks from which Seattle may continue to develop higher performance codes.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: green codes, LEED
DPD updated CAM 123, Seattle's Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordiance, to correct the assistance amount paid by the owner.
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Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: publication updates, tenant relocation
DPD has updated CAM 316, Subject-to-Field-Inspection Permits. DPD published draft DR 2-2012/SDOT 4-2012, West Seattle Triangle Streetscape Concept Plan and final DR 1-2012, Implementation of the Fee Subtitle, Building Valuation Data.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Permit Pipeline Newsletter.
Tags: director's rules, fee subtitle, publications, west seattle triangle
