Description
Sustainable, green building practices help reduce pollution, protect public and environmental health, and reduce long-term utility costs for building occupants. King County advances sustainable development practices in projects on County-owned and real property and supports the inclusion of green building best practices through the implementation of the King County Metro’s Equitable Transit-Oriented Communities (ETOC) Policy. The County will require transit-oriented development market-rate projects to achieve advanced green building certification. King County will work with affordable housing developers to determine how best to advance green building practices above and beyond the Evergreen Development Standard where possible or as funding allows. The County will pilot new technologies and/or processes to advance environmental sustainability and resilience when possible, and work with regulators to allow the use of these advanced methods where appropriate. It will also encourage the use of the Metro ETOC Policy, or better, in transit-oriented development not owned by King County to reinforce the expansion of equitable efforts, affordability, and green building throughout the region.