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We provide green building education, early design guidance, technical assistance, incentives, and recognition for your projects.

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Whether you’re working on a simple home remodel, a new apartment building or office tower, or a neighborhood pocket park, City Green Building can help you successfully incorporate green building techniques. 

To get started, click on your project type above.

What Is Green Building?
It's a concept with quite the buzz. Everyone is talking about it--from Wired magazine, to Elle, to Vanity Fair.  It's a topic so popular, that a Google search yields over 8 million hits.

It's how YOU can make a difference in the future of your family, your city, your planet. And it's a great way to think globally and act locally.

It Adds Value to Your Project
Green building can save money on utility bills, decrease maintenance costs, and help protect the value of your real estate investment. It also enhances the health and well-being of your family or office staff by creating indoor environments with better air quality and daylighting.

Not only that, but green building is good for the environment, too! It can help minimize waste, preserve natural resources, protect forests, wildlife, air and water quality. And it can help create better neighborhoods, a thriving local economy, and a better quality of life for all.

Get Started Today
In today’s competitive market, going green is an essential business strategy. It will help your business grow and improve your bottom line. Everyone’s a winner with green building, and going green now will help differentiate your business and maintain demand. Green building continues to be a growing field and is no longer a nitch market.

Demand for green construction and remodeling continues to exceed supply. Seattle continues to experience growth in the green building industry. Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan predicts continued population and construction growth. With Seattle’s position as one of the nation’s leaders in green building, opportunities to go green abound.

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Seattle LEED Projects

Certified as of 01.10

91 Commercial &
Multi-family  
Including 16 City-Owned

53 LEED for Homes

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