Today the Sustainable Sites Initiative opened the final public review of the SITES Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks. This new site and landscape certification system, modeled on and collaborative with LEED, will go live in 2013. Your comments are welcome. The initiative group would like to ensure the proposed set of… [ Keep reading ]
The 9th annual Sustainable Ballard Festival is Sunday, September 30, at Ballard Commons Park. It’s a daylong celebration of community and everything “green,” sustainable, wholesome and fun. This year the festival highlights green building and transportation choices. Festival goers will be able to learn about money-saving solar installations, rain gardens and cisterns; test-drive electric… [ Keep reading ]
Just as the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair focused on innovation and the future, the Seattle Center’s 50th anniversary celebration devotes the month of September to Commerce and the Innovation Economy. Highlights include the Women in Innovation Summit 2012 on September 22, cultural exchange tours and a career discovery day. Find out more… [ Keep reading ]
A new proposal extends the reporting deadline for non-residential & multifamily buildings 20,000 to 49,999 SF to April 1, 2013 and makes reporting voluntary for buildings less than 20,000 SF. Multifamily buildings 50,000 SF or greater are still due on October 1, 2012. Learn more on our website.
Seattle Parks and Recreation is in the midst of a fact finding process to develop a strategic direction for the future “Parks Legacy Plan.” The plan will address the following questions: – Are Parks resources deployed in the most effective manner? – Which facilities and parks get the… [ Keep reading ]
The Urban Forest Management Plan is currently being updated and we are accepting public comment until October 1, 2012. View/download the the draft plan here. In order to maximize the benfits of trees within Seattle, the City has engaged in an effort led by the Urban Forest Interdepartmental Team to… [ Keep reading ]
