BuiltGreen™ Seattle

http://www.builtgreen.net/

Built Green is an environmental building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, developed in partnership with King County, Snohomish County, and other government agencies in Washington State. Built Green is designed to help homebuyers find quality, affordable homes that offer opportunities to protect the health of their families and the Northwest environment. Interested in learning more about "green" homes? The program provides consumers with four easy-to-understand rating systems, which quantify environmentally friendly building practices for remodeling and new home construction. The four ratings systems are for homebuilders, communities, remodels and multifamily living spaces.

Building projects are qualified using a Built Green checklist organized into six categories of environmentally friendly action items. There are four separate checklists for four different types of projects: homebuilder, remodeler, multifamily, and community. Based upon that builder certification, and after reviewing the application, the MBA will award the appropriate Certificate of Merit indicating that the home has received a 1-, 2-, or 3-, 4- or 5-Star rating. Features included in the Built Green checklists include:

* Green Building Codes

* Site & Water Protection

* Energy Efficiency

* Health and Air Quality

* Materials Efficiency

* Environmentally Responsible Home Ownership