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DDES
900 Oakesdale Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057-5212

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Phone:  206-296-6600
TTY Relay:  711

Service Center hours:*
Monday to Thursday,
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Closed on Friday

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Green Building resources

DDES resources

King County resources

External Web sites

  • US Green Building Council, Cascadia Chapter: The Cascadia Chapter assists in the development of industry standards, design practices, tools, policy advocacy, information exchange and education. Encourages widespread acceptance of LEED® certification as the regional standard for buildings and communities.

  • City of Seattle Green Building This resource for sustainable building features links to a LEED project task list, project services procurement language guide, policy and code information, case studies and Seattle's CIP Supplements to LEED.

  • American Institute of Architects, Seattle: AIA Seattle Committee on the Environment (COTE).

  • WA State Department of Ecology Green Building:  Provides direct links to organizations, databases, resources, and other information on sustainable building practices in Washington State.

  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Buildings: Provides links and information on energy, water, materials, waste and the indoor environment.

  • ForestWorld, Sustainable Forest Products Resource:  ForestWorld is a resource on forest certification and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified wood products. Site includes an online marketplace for FSC-certified wood, research tools, consulting services and information on forest certification and global forestry.

  • Built Green™: Residential green building program of the Master Builders Association developed in partnership with King and Snohomish Counties.

  • U.S. Green Building Council:  A coalition of the building industry that promotes environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work and offers the LEED Green Building Rating System™.