Tag: Green Building
The City Green Building team takes an exciting new step in 2012. Beginning in January, part of the “green team” will join forces with the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE). Staff focused on policy development will become part of OSE, and those focused on green codes and permitting will stay with the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), as part of the Operations Division. As this next step unfolds, both DPD and OSE will continue to develop and implement innovative approaches to building sustainable neighborhoods.
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Posted: January 9th, 2012 under Building Connections, Green Building, Top News Stories.
Tags: Green Building, Office of Sustainabilty & Environment
Since 1999, the City Green Building team has been working to make sustainable development standard practice in the City of Seattle – first working as an interdepartmental team from across multiple City departments and then as a combined, yet still multidisciplinary, unit within DPD. City Green Building is now moving on to our next iteration to better align our work with that of our colleagues working on environmental policy, sustainable communities and development services.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: Green Building, sustainability
Since 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has developed an array of green building tools to provide building owners and operators with a framework to identify and implement practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. Participating buildings may achieve a level of LEED certification representing the amount of high performance measures successfully incorporated into the project. Since its inception, LEED has transformed the way built environments are designed, constructed, and operated, and has helped to make sustainable building practices more commonplace.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Code Updates, Green Building, LEED
The Sustainable Buildings and Sites Policy for municipal facilities in Seattle, Resolution 31326, was signed by Mayor McGinn on October 12, following the unanimous vote of approval from City Council. The legislation increases standards for the design, construction and operation of City buildings and sites in order to support city-wide goals for sustainable development.
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Posted: December 1st, 2011 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: capital projects, Green Building, sustainability
Energy costs got you down? Come join the city’s Open House on October 17th and find out how to take a bite out of your energy bills.
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Posted: October 13th, 2011 under Building Connections, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: energy bills, energy disclosure, energy savings, Green Building, open house
Mayor McGinn presented his 2012 budget to the community and to the City Council on Monday, September 26. This was another challenging budget year with an $18 million General Subfund gap to be filled. The General Fund primarily supports the Planning and Code Compliance divisions, and part of department overhead. While the department made some significant General Fund reductions for 2012, they were primarily non-labor plus not filling vacant positions.
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Posted: September 29th, 2011 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: budget, code compliance, expedited, Green Building, neighborhood planning, unreinforced masonry building
City Green Building is hosting an open house for building owners and others interested in learning more about the City’s building energy benchmarking and reporting ordinance. Buildings over 10,000 square feet and multifamily properties of five units or more are required to comply by April 1, 2012.
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Posted: September 29th, 2011 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: energy disclosure, Green Building, open house
The City of Seattle sent letters to more than 800 large commercial property owners and managers today informing them about a new citywide program designed to help owners and managers assess and improve building energy efficiency and spur the market for building energy retrofits.
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Posted: May 11th, 2011 under Building Connections, Green Building, Top News Stories.
Tags: energy efficiency, Green Building
new report prepared by Cascadia Green Building Council and City of Seattle identifies pathways for Net Zero Water projects and Living Buildings in the Puget Sound Region. Advanced green building projects are making the case for self-sufficient, closed loop water systems at the building and neighborhood scale. These net-zero water systems contribute to both the health of waterways and the resiliency of water supplies.
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Posted: May 10th, 2011 under Building Connections, Green Building, Top News Stories.
Tags: conservation, Green Building, Seattle Public Utilities, zero net water
The Bullitt Foundation’s Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction will be the greenest, most energy efficient commercial building in the world. The Cascadia Center will firmly plant Seattle at the forefront of the green building movement.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2011 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Green Building
