B4.4 Green public buildings *
Require that new local government facilities (e.g., the new Olympia City Hall and LOTT building) demonstrate green building technologies and practices.
The Olympia City Hall achieved a LEED Gold rating, and the LOTT office building qualified for LEED Platinum. The new Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission building will have a number of energy efficiency features. (The 123 apartment building, on 4th in downtown Olympia, also has a LEED silver rating, and advertises its green design.)
Seattle requires all new municipal buildings and major renovations 5,000 square feet or larger to achieve LEED Gold certification or better; they are also expected to be 15 percent more energy efficient than the current code.
The Airindustrial Office Complex in Tumwater was certified LEED silver, but never filed performance data for the rating with the US Green Building Council. It was not a municipal building, but was built with a ground lease on Port property and was intended to offer leased office space to the State. (Apparently, construction on this building halted in the 2008 recession, and it was recently demolished.)