King County, WA, Climate change worksheet

"King County is the first local government in the nation to officially add greenhouse gas emissions to the environmental review of construction projects. King County's policy covers projects undergoing environmental review mandated by the SEPA and applies to the County's own developments as well as projects where the County is the lead permitting agency.

 

"GHG emissions associated with development come from multiple sources:

• The extraction, processing, transportation, construction and disposal of building materials
• Landscape disturbance
• Energy demands created by the development after it is completed 

"Transportation demands created by the development after it is completed.
King County has developed a GHG emissions worksheet that can assist applicants in answering the SEPA checklist question relating to GHG emissions. The worksheet is available as a fill-in Excel spreadsheet** or in PDF** format."

The SEPA GHG emissions worksheet estimates all GHG emissions that will be created over the life span of a building project. This includes emissions associated with obtaining construction materials, fuel used during construction, energy consumed during the buildings operation, and transportation by building occupants."

 

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