King County Executive Ron Sims has signed the "Green Building Initiative" to affirm this pledge.

"King Street Center is not only helping the environment, it's saving the county money in energy costs," Sims says. "What it proves is that green building practices do not have to come at the expense of businesses' and governments' bottom lines. It's a great example of what we now will do county-wide with our facilities."

The Green Building Initiative adopts a national green rating system for King County's construction methods and techniques - the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) a self-certifying, performance-based system designed for rating new commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential buildings.