As Congress Required, DOE Finalizes Standards That Decrease Emissions for New and Renovated Federal Buildings Across the Nation, Slashing Harmful Carbon Emissions by 2 Million Metric … [Read more...]
U.S. Department of Energy Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Buildings Sector
First Comprehensive Federal Strategy Outlines Pathways to Reduce Emissions 90% in Buildings Sector by 2050, Reinforcing President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Lower Energy Costs, Improve … [Read more...]
WA Department of Commerce, New Tools for Clean Building Performance Standard
Updated Form F: Life Cycle Analysis (LCCA) Tool available now Form F: Life Cycle Analysis (LCCA) Tool is one of the compliance documents for the Clean Buildings Performance Standard, specifically for … [Read more...]
Seattle City Light Adopts New Standard for Solar Panel Inverters
Beginning this year, all proposed inverter-based Distributed Energy Resources (DER) must use inverters certified under Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1741 Supplement B (Standard for Safety Inverters, … [Read more...]
Building Emissions Performance Standard Policy Updates & Info Sessions
Seattle’s Building Emissions Performance Standard: What You Need to Know Now Start getting prepared for this new requirement! BEPS applies to existing nonresidential and multifamily buildings … [Read more...]
Help the Office of Sustainability and Environment design a new program to assist under-resourced building owners
Our friends at the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) wanted us to share this exciting announcement, read on to find out how your voice can play an important role in the creation of a new … [Read more...]
Join us for the Energy Insights Forum on Jan 30th!
Energy Insights Forum January 30th | 3-5 pm Smart Buildings Center, 1200 12th Ave S Seattle, WA 98144 Join us on January 30th at 3pm for the Energy Insights Forum! The Seattle and Bellevue 2030 … [Read more...]
PSE Support for the Clean Buildings Law
Are you an owner, facility manager, property manager or lessee of a commercial building sized 50,000 square feet or greater? Perhaps you are a contractor with commercial customers? Buildings of … [Read more...]
Join us for the Energy Insights Forum on Jan 30th!
Energy Insights Forum January 30th | 3-5 pm Smart Buildings Center, 1200 12th Ave S Seattle, WA 98144 Join us on January 30th at 3pm for the Energy Insights Forum! The Seattle and Bellevue 2030 … [Read more...]
Better Buildings: Workforce Accelerator Completed
Cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades in U.S. buildings could save $100 billion each year in energy bills. From 2020-2023, the Better Buildings Workforce Accelerator convened and supported more … [Read more...]