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General - BIAW General - Washington State General - Washington State National Association of Home Builders offers this Model Green Home Building Guidelines. This easy to use Checklist may be useful in areas without Built Green programs in place. General - Washington State Department of Ecology's Sustainable Building Website has agency and program links by county, and lots of helpful resources. General - Washington State Site with links to all of the federal resoruces to support green building. General - Washington State The City of Tacoma has a permanent green building and natural landscape exhibit that's a good resource for all aspects of sustainable building and living. Visit the Puget Sound area's only permanent green model home!
Hours: Wed - Fri: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sat - Sun: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: City of Tacoma Landfill, 3510 S. Mullen
Admission: Free
Information: (253) 573-2426 General - King & Snohomish Built Green Library Library of green building books and publications is available in the Member Center of the MBA offices in Bellevue. Call (425)451-7290 or stop by the office in Bellevue. General - King & Snohomish Extensive links to online resources, organized by categories on the Built Green checklists. General - King & Snohomish Consumer-oriented fact sheet on the value of investing in a Built Green home, including benefits, construciton techniques and things home owners can do, from the Built Green of King and Snohomish Counties program.(1.2 Mb PDF) General - King & Snohomish Several useful booklets to download on green home remodeling. Site & Water - Washington State Puget Sound Action Team's web page is dedicated to the innovative set of techniques known as low impact development. Low impact development, or LID, is a more environmentally friendly approach to developing land and managing stormwater runoff. Site & Water - Washington State from Center for Watershed Protection, Elliot City, MD 410-461-8323 offers multiple publications incuding Site Planning for Urban Stream Protection Site & Water - Washington State Great series of publications from inter-agency committee in British Columbia, includes downloadable publications with guidelines on planning and designing to protect water resources,grasslands, create greenways, naturescaping,and more -- all for similar climate zones to Washington. Site & Water - Washington State Residential Builder's Guide to Small Site Erosion Control and Stormwater Management. 1999 Prepared for Kitsap County, but applicable elsewhere. Site & Water - Washington State Tour model waterwise Pacific Northwest Gardens, create a list of plants you like to take to the nursery with you. Also interactive tour of household water saving tips and techniques. Site & Water - Washington State Site & Water - Washington State Site & Water - King & Snohomish This consumer-oriented fact sheet from Built Green of King and Snohomish incudes benefits of natural yardcare, construction techniques, and things home owners can do. (711kB PDF) Site & Water - King & Snohomish This consumer-oriented fact sheet from Built Green of King and Snohomish includes benefits of water efficiency, construction techniques and things homeowners can do. (928 kb PDF) Site & Water - King & Snohomish Seattle Public Utility and surrounding water utilities collaborate to offer water saving tips, resources and incentives. Site & Water - King & Snohomish Seattle Tilth offers organic and water-wise gardending information. Site & Water - Pierce Pierce County Stormwater Management Manual's Chapter 10 (Low Impact Development)- go to Ordinance 2005-56s Exhibit B: Site & Water - Pierce Hard copies available for purchase at Science and Engineeing Divisionn Office, or Building and Land Use Services Office. 253-591-5588 $45 for pick up, $52 for mailing. Site & Water - Pierce Information and references for composting, natural lanscaping/lawn care, and water efficient practices/fixtures. Links to menu page, Green Book is 2.5 Mb PDF Energy - Washington State Links to search for utility energy incentives, participating builders and descriptions of the program, features and benefits. Energy - Washington State Tips andd techniques for energy efficient building practices. Energy - Washington State Guides for "cold" climate specific building science. Applies to eastern Washington. Energy - Washington State Guides for "Marine" climate specific building science are under development. In the meantime Building Science recommends using Mixed-humid Applies to Western Washington. Energy - King & Snohomish This consumer-oriented fact sheet from Built Green King & Snohomish offers background on benefits and tips for energy efficient construction and things homeowners can do. (1 Mb PDF) Materials & Waste - Washington State This organization publishes GreenSpec, a directory of green building materials, and Environmental Building News. This links to their free information site, other resources require a subscription. Materials & Waste - Washington State This site has links to all county materials exchange programs. Find useful materials, or post things you think are useful but can no longer use yourself. Materials & Waste - King & Snohomish Construction and Landscape section of the County's EPP site. Healthy Home - Washington State Washington Chapter offers Air Quality information and Health Home programs. Call 800-732-9339 Healthy Home - Washington State Healthy Home - King & Snohomish Consumer-oriented fact sheet from Built Green of King & Snohomish on indoor air quality benefits,construction techniques and things homeowners can do to improve indoor air quality. (908 kb PDF) |
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