 Featured Event
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Saturday, June 3 to Sunday, July
23
(open Saturdays and
Sundays)
Built Green Home
Tours
The Built Green Home at Suncadia is now open
for tours through Sunday, July 23. Tours will be held from noon
to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and are free to everyone.
This is a great chance to see a beautiful 5-Star Built Green
home in person. This custom, lodge-style home features a
geothermal ground source heating system, Forest Stewardship
Council-certified wooden flooring, recycled copper sinks and
more! For more information on the home, visit its website. For directions to the home, click here.
| New
Members |
Are you a Built Green member and a member
of the Master Builders Association? Then your company is
designated with a small green tree on the Master Builders
Association website as a Built Green member. Your company
is also listed on the Built Green website.
Welcome to our newest member
companies!
Ambiente
European Tile Design
(206) 524-7842 in Seattle
Eco-Green Builders Inc.
(360) 457-8366 in Port
Angeles
JA Marks Construction
Inc.
(206) 285-4604 in Seattle
Krekow Jennings Inc.
(206) 625-0505 in
Seattle
Macfarlane
Homes LLC
Quality Redefined
(425) 271-7800 in
Renton
Northwest
Housing Guild LLC
(206) 243-1252 in Burien
Powell
Homes
Four generations of experience
(206) 824-8001 in
Des Moines
Renowned
Properties
(425) 744-5500 in Lynnwood
Troll
Brew
(360) 956-7200 in Tumwater
Urbanhome
Urban
Focus, Environmentally Aware
(206) 706-5728 in
Seattle
Washington State
Department of Ecology
...to protect, preserve and enhance
Washington's environment...
(425) 649-7029 in
Bellevue
Water
Distillers NW LLC
Life Mist: The Planet's Purest
Water
(253) 850-3537 in Kent
| Events
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Visit the Built
Green Washington website for green home building courses and
events across the state of Washington.
 Monday, June 12
One-day
Seminar: Your
Sustainability Story
Join the
Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability (NBIS) for this
one-day seminar on documenting and telling your
company's sustainability story. This seminar, which will be from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, June 12, at the Seattle Center will
feature Burton Hamner, an international consultant and trainer
in sustainable business and industrial pollution prevention. If
you want your customers and stakeholders to know about your
commitment to responsible and sustainable business practices,
this seminar is for you! The cost is $250 (student rates are
also available). Click here to purchase tickets online. For more
information, contact NBIS Co-Director Mary Rose by phone (425)
828-0982 or email.
 Thursday, June 15
New
Urbanism and
Smart Growth
The Town Hall Center
for Civic Life and Elliot Bay Book Company present journalist
Anthony Flint for a discussion of smart growth and the new
urbanist movements - development that serves the economy,
community and the environment. Flint gives a detailed analysis
of the tension between individual and collective purposes in
This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of
America and provides win-win solutions for the challenges
ahead. Join the discussion on Thursday, June 15, beginning at
7:30 p.m., at Town Hall (downstairs, enter on Seneca Street) in
Seattle. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members
receive priority seating. For more information contact Susie
Tennant via email
or phone (206) 652-4255, or visit the Town Hall Seattle website.
 Wednesday, June 28
Rainwater Catchment and
Usage: Whole House Design
The Northwest
Eco-Building Guild will host this workshop with Mike Brioli
from the Well Home Program from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday,
June 28 at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, which is
located at 6532 Phinney Ave. N in Seattle. For more information,
please contact Carrie by email.
Wednesday, July
26
Rammed Earth Design with
builder Meror
Krayenhoff
The Northwest Eco-Building Guild will host this
workshop with Meror Krayenhoff from Terra Firma Builders Ltd. from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. on Wednesday, July 26 at the Phinney Neighborhood
Association, which is located at 6532 Phinney Ave. N in Seattle.
For more information, please contact Carrie by email.
| King County
|
 Native with King
County
Looking for ways to take that Built Green
project to the next level? Try adapting your site or your green
roof with fresh ideas from the new King County Native Plant Guide. It's up to all
of us to keep our waterways clean and healthy. Native plants
bring benefits to Northwest land and water resources, wildlife
and people and you can have them in your own yard! Native plants
possess certain traits that make them uniquely adapted to local
conditions, providing a practical and ecologically valuable
alternative for landscaping, conservation and restoration
projects. In addition, native plants can match the finest
cultivated plants in beauty, while often surpassing non-natives
in ruggedness and resistance to drought, insects and disease.
King County's native plant guide includes sample landscaping
plans, customized plant lists, species identification and an
immediate offer to enter a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at
a local nursery.
| Resources |
Grants Available for Developers of Affordable
Green Housing
Green CommunitiesTM offers grants
to help cover the costs of designing, planning and implementing
green components into affordable housing developments, as well
as tracking their costs and benefits. Eligible applicants
include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public housing
authorities, tribally designated housing entities; for-profit
entities; and for-profit entities participating through joint
ventures with qualified organizations. There are two grants
currently available that local affordable green housing
developers should note:
Green Planning and Construction Grant
The
Green Planning and Construction Grant may be used for such
expenses as planning expenses related to the integrated design
process, purchasing green construction items, and third-party
costs of establishing systems and tools for property management
and resident education, to maximize the benefits of the green
measures once the property is operating. Funding is available
year round, on a rolling basis, in Washington state. While there
is no standard maximum grant amount, the general maximum award
is $50,000 (for a comprehensive breakdown on the limits on grant
amounts, click here. For a full list of criteria and more
information about the application, click here.
Charette Grants
Grants for up to $5,000
are available to assist housing developers with integrating
green building systems in their developments and engage in a
serious discussion of green design possibilities. Enterprise
will award planning grants to affordable housing developers to
coordinate green charrettes that bring together funders,
developers, community stakeholders and green building
professionals, or an intense working session in an effort to
incorporate green design principles into affordable housing
design. Grant funds may be used to cover the cost of
facilitating a Green Communities Charrette or Sustainability
Training Session utilizing the steps outlined in the Charrette
Grant Guidelines provided by Enterprise. For more information
about these grants, click here.
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