Design and Rating Systems
BRE's Environmental Assessment Method
For over a decade, BRE's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has been used to assess the environmental performance of both new and existing buildings. It is regarded by the UK's construction and property sectors as the measure of best practice in environmental design and management. BREEAM covers a range of building types: offices, homes, industrial units, retail units and schools.
BuiltGreen™
Built Green is an environmentally-friendly, non-profit, residential building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (Whatcom County coming soon!), developed in partnership with King County, Snohomish County, and other agencies in Washington State. This website provides consumers with easy-to-understand rating systems, which quantify environmentally friendly building practices for remodeling and new home construction, communities and multifamily development units.
Energy Star
Website of the National Energy Efficiency Program, with links to products, planning for built-in energy savings and other support. ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
LEED Rating System™
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution.
Low Impact Development
The Low Impact Development Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Low Impact Development technology. Low Impact Development is a new, comprehensive land planning and engineering design approach with a goal of maintaining and enhancing the pre-development hydrologic regime of urban and developing watersheds.
National Low Impact Development Clearinghouse
This website has been developed through a Cooperative Assistance Agreement under the US EPA Office of Water 104b(3) Program in order to provide a web-based clearinghouse that allows researchers, practitioners, and program managers to collaborate and efficiently disseminate and share information with local governments, states, builders, developers, stakeholders, and environmental groups. The administrative and technical information available through this clearinghouse will be useful to permit writers, local government officials, watershed managers, and stakeholders.
Puget Sound Action Team Low Impact Development
This 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. Originally developed by Prince Georges County, Maryland and others, many jurisdictions across the country, including several in Puget Sound, are turning to LID techniques to help protect their waters and natural resources. See the link below for more information on local ordinances and regulations for LID.
For over a decade, BRE's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has been used to assess the environmental performance of both new and existing buildings. It is regarded by the UK's construction and property sectors as the measure of best practice in environmental design and management. BREEAM covers a range of building types: offices, homes, industrial units, retail units and schools.
BuiltGreen™
Built Green is an environmentally-friendly, non-profit, residential building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (Whatcom County coming soon!), developed in partnership with King County, Snohomish County, and other agencies in Washington State. This website provides consumers with easy-to-understand rating systems, which quantify environmentally friendly building practices for remodeling and new home construction, communities and multifamily development units.
Energy Star
Website of the National Energy Efficiency Program, with links to products, planning for built-in energy savings and other support. ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
LEED Rating System™
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution.
Low Impact Development
The Low Impact Development Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Low Impact Development technology. Low Impact Development is a new, comprehensive land planning and engineering design approach with a goal of maintaining and enhancing the pre-development hydrologic regime of urban and developing watersheds.
National Low Impact Development Clearinghouse
This website has been developed through a Cooperative Assistance Agreement under the US EPA Office of Water 104b(3) Program in order to provide a web-based clearinghouse that allows researchers, practitioners, and program managers to collaborate and efficiently disseminate and share information with local governments, states, builders, developers, stakeholders, and environmental groups. The administrative and technical information available through this clearinghouse will be useful to permit writers, local government officials, watershed managers, and stakeholders.
Puget Sound Action Team Low Impact Development
This 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. Originally developed by Prince Georges County, Maryland and others, many jurisdictions across the country, including several in Puget Sound, are turning to LID techniques to help protect their waters and natural resources. See the link below for more information on local ordinances and regulations for LID.
