While we are used to the occasional short heat wave in Seattle, this most recent one has certainly been longer than usual and made worse by the smoke from the British Columbia wildfires. Unfortunately, our changing climate means we can expect more extreme heat events like these along with a… [ Keep reading ]
Shaunice Wilson and Diana Gil-Vargas will be working with OSE’s Equity & Environment Initiative this summer to document opportunities and lessons learned as we implement the Equity & Environment Agenda, support our work with the Environmental Justice Committee, help us implement the environmental justice pilot project and provide research support for… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
