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Ben is the Founder and Designated Broker of GreenWorks Realty managing over $60 Million
in real estate transactions. Ben uses his vision and passion to promote GreenWorks Realty's
mission to improve the livability and sustainability of our community.
Ben holds a BA in Urban Planning from the University of Washington, a Professional
Commercial Real Estate Certificate from the University of Washington, a Permaculture
Design Certificate from Crystal Waters, Australia, and a Certified New Home Sales
Professional Certificate. Prior to founding GreenWorks, Ben co-founded Co-Opportunities
Northwest, a 2001 conference to identify and advance emerging trends in sustainable
community development in Puget Sound and participated in the Governor's Sustainability
Roundtable in 2002.
Ben has been active in low impact land development and marketing and selling real estate
for 15 years and recently retired as the Treasurer of the Northwest Eco-Building Guild and
remains an Executive Team member of the Seattle/King County Built Green program. Ben is
also a manager and investor of a recently permitted 32-home sustainable community
development in Newcastle, WA.
Ben's recent achievements include drafting the Environmental Certification checkbox
additions to his local MLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service) and authoring the first
study using MLS data to compare environmentally certified homes to non-certified homes
in the United States. Ben also helped develop GreenWorks Realty's 14 clock-hour state
approved class, Green Agent Essentials, for local Real Estate Agents. The Master Builders
Association of King and Snohomish County recently awarded Ben with a "Built Green™ Pioneer
Award" at the 2009 Built Green Conference in Seattle.
Ben's other passions are ski mountaineering, rock climbing, and enjoying tracking with
his wife Heather.
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