Green Building

Green building resources and activities in Southwest Washington

Tacoma-Olympia branch, of Cascadia Region Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. For more information, please contact Dale Anderson, branch chair.

Green building events and activities

Tacoma-Olympia LEED User's Group (TOLUG)- LEED User's Groups are informal venues to share information and experiences on how specific LEED credits are addressed on building construction projects. This is a free monthly one-hour breakfast meeting (first Thursday of the month), with a guest speaker presenting on how specific LEED credits can be achieved, challenges, and lessons learned, followed by questions and answers.

Green Building Resources

Energy Outreach Center - For information on energy-saving design ideas and building techniques, please visit the Energy Outreach Center site.

Olympia Salvage - Offering deconstruction services and a distribution center at the Port of Olympia.

Project GreenBuild - Focuses on growing the market for sustainable homebuilding in Southwest Washington.

ReHarvest Center in Tacoma - Reusable building materials and other salvaged items are available at the ReHarvest Center's warehouse.

Sound Builders ReSource - Operated by South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity, the Habitat ReStore offers vintage, surplus, and new building materials and supplies.

For more information, please contact Anya Caudill at Department of Ecology, (360) 407-6084