1/15/26

Embodied Carbon Policy in Washington’s Building Code with Kathleen Petrie and Kjell Anderson

Kjell Anderson, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Principal and the Director of Sustainable Design at LMN Architects and Kathleen Petrie, Program Manager Green Building Communitywide at King County Solid Waste. Inform on how embodied carbon can become part of the building code in Washington. You will hear about: Two embodied carbon building code proposals that are being considered by the State Building Code Council for the 2024 building code expected to be adopted in November. House Bill 2273 that will be considered this year by the legislature to reduce embodied carbon emissions of building and building materials by putting regulations and future reduction targets in the building code The Regional Code Collaboration, administered by King County. Learn how the RCC can be utilized to help jurisdictions navigate code proposals that help to achieve our shared climate goals.

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