Program builds on 100 years of leadership at Seattle City Light SEATTLE — For the first time, an electric utility is testing a 20-year model to purchase metered energy efficiency savings. The agreement between Seattle City Light and the Bullitt Foundation is designed to make deep energy efficiency in new… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle – Seattle City Council adopted a budget amendment to add funding to the Fresh Bucks program today, which doubles the value of food stamp benefits when used to purchase fresh food at Seattle farmers markets. The Fresh Bucks program began as a pilot project in 2012, serving only 7… [ Keep reading ]
(re-posted from SPU’s blog) Public offered chance for input, May 20–June 20 Every year, rain washes millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated stormwater into Seattle’s waterways. In 2012, this happened hundreds of times, releasing 154 million gallons of combined sewage and stormwater. These overflows happen because many Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE — Seattle City Council created a Green Building Technical Advisory Group (TAG) today to advise the City on its Living Building and Seattle Deep Green pilot programs. The TAG will advise the City on policies related to emerging green building technology and will also provide comment on actual proposals… [ Keep reading ]
