The I²SL Emerald City Chapter is focused on providing a local representation of the Greater Seattle Washington Area to promote and bring about awareness to the following vision:

Promotion – To raise awareness within the specialized building sector for creating resource-effective and environmentally responsible science, science education, testing, medicine, research, and development facilities

Implementation – To encourage collaborative creation of technologically advanced, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsive laboratories throughout the world.

Education – To facilitate the application of sustainable “whole-building” approach in designing, engineering, constructing, operating, and using laboratories and other advanced facilities.