Our team of LEED-accredited green building experts provides customized assistance to help you successfully incorporate green building techniques into your remodeling, construction and development projects.  We invite you to meet them below.

Contacting us at the earliest possible stage of your project is vital.  To reach us, choose your project or inquiry type below:

Commercial & Multifamily Expert

 

Peter "Pull Out the Stops" Dobrovolny
(206) 615-1094
peter.dobrovolny@seattle.gov

Motivated. Committed. Ingenious.
Here for You:
Have you been coveting the idea of helping your customers achieve a LEED Gold or Platinum building project so they can leave the humdrum Certified and Silver projects to others?  If so, you’ll want to connect your customers with Peter, who will pull out all the stops to uncover the innovative building strategies they’ll need.  Peter will help organize the charettes and IDP (integrated design process) to get their entire team on board. 
Bio:  Peter’s experience covers almost all aspects of design and construction.  Not only does he have a Bachelor of Architecture and a Masters in Urban Planning, but over his career he has acted as architect, engineer, developer, builder and consultant.  He has first-hand knowledge of the value of teamwork.  
Fun Fact:  If you’re ever out on Puget Sound on the weekend, look for Peter and his wife on “SummeR,” the 46' sailboat they live on.

Residential Expert

 

NEW! Sandra Mallory
(206) 615-0731
sandra.mallory@seattle.gov

City Projects Advisor 

 

 

NEW! Kathleen Petrie
(206) 615-0541
kathleen.petrie@seattle.gov

Energy/Climate Change Advisor

 

NEW! Jayson  Antonoff
(206) 386-9791
jayson.antonoff@seattle.gov

 

Sustainable Communities Planner

 

Lynne "Blaze-a-Trail" Barker
(206) 684-0806
lynne.barker@seattle.gov

Visionary. Passionate. Courageous.
Here for You:
  With a new focus on building sustainable communities— aka “green urbanism”—Lynne is now working with DPD staff on large-scale urban planning projects.  She also provides support to City capital projects.
Bio: A trailblazer who has influenced change at the local, regional, and national level, Lynne began working in the building industry in 1978 when she became one of the first women in Seattle to join the local carpenter’s union.  In 1995 she created her first green job by developing Sellen Construction Company’s Sustainable Building Program, which demonstrated the business case for construction waste recycling and established long-term markets for recycled materials. In 1996 she co-chaired the US Green Building Council committee that helped launch LEED.  She served on the USGBC board for six years and co-founded the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. 
Fun Fact:  Lynne spends time blazing a trail outside of work as well, exploring the Northwest on backcountry skiing and backpacking trips with her dog Shasta.

Program Manager
Institutional Projects & Urban Green Liaison

 

Lucia "Build a Better Mousetrap" Athens
(206) 684-4643
lucia.athens@seattle.gov

 

Innovative. Intuitive. Inspirational.
Here for You:
If you want to find new, better, and more sustainable ways to get things done, Lucia’s the one to see. She also provides customized green building assistance for your institutional and tenant improvement permit applicants.
Bio: Lucia has worked in the field for over 15 years and her influence has been felt far and wide. Considered the motivational leader for the City’s Green Building Program since 1999, she also helped establish the nation’s very first green buil-ding program in 1991 at the City of Austin. In 2004, Sustainable Industries Journal named Lucia one of the top 25 most influential people in green building in the Northwest. Lucia serves on the board of directors for Urban Green, a new nonprofit sustainable development center. She is a licensed landscape architect and a former USGBC national board member.
Fun Fact: When not building better mousetraps, Lucia loves walking Alki Beach with her Jack Russell terrier and exploring the Slow Food movement in her home kitchen.

 

Other Inquiries

Media Calls

Permits
For questions about the City of Seattle permitting process, visit the DPD Applicant Services Center or call (206) 684-8850.

Technical Codes
DPD provides a technical support service to answer explicit Building Code and Energy/Mechanical Code questions. Technical support plans examiners are available to walk-in customers on a first-come, first-served basis during normal working hours at the DPD Applicant Services Center, located on the 20th floor of Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave.

Energy/Mechanical Code technical support is also available by phone from 1-4:15 p.m., Monday-Friday, at (206) 684-7846.