Books by Lucia Athens

  • Building an Emerald City
    Building an Emerald City Lucia Athens

    Jazz on the river

    Building an Emerald City

    A Guide to Creating Green Building Policies and Programs

    Lucia Athens

    In 2000, Seattle, Washington, became the first U.S. city to officially adopt the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) “Silver” standards ...

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About the Author

The former Manager of the City of Seattle Green Building Program, Lucia Athens is now Senior Associate and Sustainable Futures Strategist for CollinsWoerman, a Seattle-based planning, architecture, and interior design firm specializing in innovative and sustainable solutions. She is the 2008 winner of the Puget Sound “Better Bricks Award” in the category of “advocate.” She previously taught landscape architecture at the University of Georgia.