Kirkland’s Green Building Program & Case Study

The City of Kirkland’s Green Building Program is an incentive based program that provides: expedited reviews of new single family residences that meet Built Green or LEED criteria, assistance to those pursuing LEED certification for both residential and commercial buildings, and offers sustainability consulting for the City’s LEED projects. Kirkland’s Green Building Program has also partnered with local sustainability providers to help educate citizens, design and building professionals and municipal employees about the “why’s” and “how’s” of sustainable development.  Please join us on June 16th to learn more about Kirkland’s program and hear from the developer who built the first 4–star Built Green home to be certified under the City of Kirkland’s program.

Speakers:

David Barnes, Planner, C.S.B.A., LEED AP

City of Kirkland, Washington

David Barnes is a Planner in Kirkland’s Planning Department. David’s expertise in land use planning has served the City well when an internal Green Team was created to coordinate the City’s sustainability efforts.   David has lead the City’s Green Building Program which  offers expedited permit review for single-family residential construction that meets certain Built Green and LEED rating standards.  David graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Community and Environmental Planning and is a Certified Sustainability Building Advisor (C.S.B.A.) and is a LEED accredited professional.

Yuval Sofer – BSEE, eMBA

Principal, YS Development

Yuval is developer and a pioneer in the modern sustainable homes.  His company YS Development’s goal is to build modern, innovative and thoughtful homes, that are designed by the best local architects, and that meet or exceed the high standards of BUILT GREEN®, LEED® and ENERGY STAR HOME, while allowing for relative affordability.  The company is developing several housing projects in Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond. It built the first two certified green houses in Kirkland to use Kirkland’s expedited permit review for green houses. It also won Built Green innovation award for its community project in Redmond. Yuval’s main initiatives today are creating ecosystems for sustainable developments and technology. Yuval graduated from the University of Tel-Aviv with a BA in Electronics and Computers, and from the University of Washington Executive MBA program.

Continental Breakfast Provided

We hope to see you there!

RSVP by Monday,  June 15th.