Seattle recently launched an Oil Furnace Replacement Program to encourage homeowners to replace their oil furnace with an energy-efficient heat pump. Heat pumps provide consistent and efficient heating and cooling for year-round comfort. Incentives in the range of $500 to $2000 are available to homeowners for ditching dirty oil. The… [ Keep reading ]
Program increases and diversifies locations where residents can access healthy food Today Seattle launched the Fresh Bucks Retail program, the latest addition to the successful Fresh Bucks program focused on making healthy produce more accessible to people with low incomes. The Fresh Bucks Retail program expands the locations where shoppers… [ Keep reading ]
The 2017 King Conservation District (KCD)-Seattle Community Partnership Grant Program aims to advance natural resource priorities in Seattle along with the goals of the City of Seattle’s Equity and Environment Agenda. Community groups are encouraged to apply for projects that meet at least one goal of the Equity & Environment Agenda… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle has a long-standing commitment to its urban trees. Because of the many environmental, social, and economic benefits these trees provide, they are essential to enhancing the community’s quality of life, especially as Seattle grows. The collective impact is significant: Seattle’s urban forest removes 725 metric tons of pollution from the… [ Keep reading ]
This week, Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) released 2015 building energy performance data for over 3,300 properties reporting data through Seattle’s Energy Benchmarking program. Overall, the data is showing an increase in building energy efficiency and drop in energy consumption. As Seattle aims to lead the nation in… [ Keep reading ]
OSE and the City’s capital departments are working to shrink our energy use and reduce GHG emissions in City-owned facilities. Seattle’s Resource Conservation Management work is a fairly technical body of work but absolutely critical in terms of leading the way to meeting the Citywide goal for an 82% reduction… [ Keep reading ]
To help prepare energy service providers and on-site building operators for the new Seattle Building Tune-Ups mandate, the Seattle Office of Sustainability and the Environment has partnered with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) to offer a Building Operator Certification Course Level II this spring. The training BEGINS MARCH… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Sustainability & Environment is pleased to again be sponsoring and serving on the host committee for our region’s 2nd annual day-long Green Infrastructure Summit, taking place on Thursday, February 16th at the Mountaineers Club. The Summit, convened by Stewardship Partners, will bring together thought leaders from government,… [ Keep reading ]
OSE is pleased to issue OSE Director’s Rule 2016-01 which implements the Seattle Building Tune-Ups Ordinance adopted in March 2016. The Director’s Rule further explains the Tune-Ups requirement, and is the result of more than a year of collaboration with stakeholders to make this new policy clear and workable, with a… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Ed Murray recently signed an Executive Order that signals the next step in the Drive Clean Seattle Initiative. The Executive Order directs City departments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a three-pronged approach: buying the greenest vehicles, electrifying the fleet and using other renewable fuels, and prohibiting idling. The… [ Keep reading ]
