Resources

Case Studies
Look to our green home case studies for design strategies, materials, lessons learned and more from actual projects. These Seattle homes feature a variety of green building approaches and can help shed light on preferred strategies for your project.

Green Home Guides
Thinking about remodeling? Help is here! Download our free Green Home Guides to learn more about kitchen, bath, roofing, painting, and other projects, as well as topical guides on salvage and recycling building materials and hiring a green design or construction professional.

Reports & Presentations
City Green Building hosts and supports various educational opportunities around Seattle for homeowners and professionals in the residential building industry. We also support research related to green building. See our reports and presentations section for access to past presentations, research and reports.

Technical Briefs
Green building is comprised of a variety of technologies and design approaches, both time-tested and cutting-edge. Here you’ll find an expanding list of technical briefs to help describe the more promising approaches.