Tag: Green Building
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
Check out the relaunch of City Green Building’s website, www.seattle.gov/dpd/greenbuilding. It’s got the same great information with a new, improved look and updated features.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Top News Stories.
Tags: calendar, events, Green Building, newsletter, updated
Mayor Mike McGinn is pleased to announce Seattle Public Utilities Operations Control Center (SPU OCC) achieved the city of Seattle’s first LEED for Commercial Interiors Gold certified project. LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
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Posted: July 14th, 2010 under Building Connections, Green Building, Top News Stories.
Tags: award, Green Building, LEED, Mayor McGinn, sustainable
DPD and Seattle Public Utilities will lead green roof walking tours on Friday, July 30, and Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Tours will run from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., and will visit four or five sites including the Seattle Justice Center and the 5th and Madison rooftop plaza. At each location, guest speakers will cover topics including green roof design and construction, maintenance, and functional benefits.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Green Building, green roofs, walking tour
Motivated by the recently passed Seattle Energy Disclosure Ordinance, downtown property owners and managers are sharing utility data to create a Seattle 2030 District. Usually considered proprietary data, property owners are working together in order to develop a baseline of district-wide energy use and strive collectively to meet the 2030 Challenge. The Seattle 2030 District intends to go beyond just the data gathering and reporting required by the ordinance.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: energy disclosure, Green Building, Seattle 2030 District, sustainability
Seattle Public Utilities has successfully certified their Operations and Control Center facility as a LEED for Commercial Interiors (CI) Gold project, the City of Seattle’s first LEED CI – Gold project. The project was an adaptive reuse of the facility to support the utility’s mission and fulfill strategic priorities for the next century.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: gold, Green Building, LEED
DPD is proud to announce Peter Dobrovolny as a 2010 Cascadia Green Building Council Fellow. The Cascadia Fellowship is awarded annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to the green building movement either regionally or nationally, and are recognized leaders within the greater green design community.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Cascade Fellow, Green Building
The King County/Seattle Built Green® incentive provides funding for single-family, townhome, multi-family residential, remodel and community development projects to help offset the cost of certifying and designing innovative green projects throughout Seattle and King County. Eligible projects may receive up to $20,000.
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Posted: May 4th, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building.
Tags: Built Green, grant, Green Building, incentive
Diane Sugimura, director of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), today announced the appointment of Marshall Foster as Seattle city planning director. The city planning director oversees all aspects of Seattle’s comprehensive and regional planning, land use policy, neighborhood planning, urban design, green building, and the work of the Seattle Design and Planning Commissions. The city planning director reports to the head of DPD.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Long-Range Planning, Top News Stories.
Tags: comprehensive plan, Green Building, land use policy, Marshall Foster, new director, planning director, regional planning
DPD offers a suite of green permitting options aimed at delivering faster, easier and smarter permit reviews for applicants pursuing sustainable development projects. Green permitting supports Seattle’s leadership role in climate protection and furthers City Green Building’s efforts to make sustainable design and construction standard practice.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under Building Connections, dpdINFO Newsletter, Green Building, Permit Pipeline Newsletter, Top News Stories.
Tags: Green Building, green permitting, Green Q, innovation advisory committee, living building pilot, priority green permitting, residential deconstruction, sustainability
