Over the last decade, more Seattle households have been ditching gas and oil furnaces to install electric heat pumps — which, despite their name, also provide air conditioning, filter polluted air, and have become more affordable with government cost-saving rebates and tax breaks. Seattle households transitioning off oil heat can… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) has released building energy benchmarking data for reporting year 2023. The data can be viewed on the City’s redesigned Energy Benchmarking Map. For the first time, data for years 2015 through 2023 are available as a single dataset for download on the Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is celebrating another year of progress toward a more equitable and sustainable City. We’re excited to look back on 2024, from receiving more than $30 million in grants, to releasing the first Food Action Plan update in more than a decade. Lowering emissions… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle, WA- Today, the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) released the 2022 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory. The findings show core City emissions increased approximately 4% since the 2020 inventory, which saw a large pandemic-induced drop in climate pollution. Overall, emissions have declined 12% from the 2008 baseline,… [ Keep reading ]
Today, the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) announced eight new grant awards, totaling $3.5 million, to help building owners install decarbonizing retrofits, such as replacing fossil gas furnaces with electric heat pumps, or conduct engineering and technical analyses ahead of future Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) target deadlines. Adopted in 2023,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle, WA – The City of Seattle is offering a new $4,000 bonus rebate, effective through May 2025 (or while funding lasts), for moderate-income households to transition off oil heat to clean electric heat pumps. Income-qualified residents may stack this rebate onto the City’s existing $2,000 Clean Heat instant rebate —… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) partnered with El Centro de la Raza and the Switch Is On to host a Home Electrification Fair on Tuesday at the Centilia Cultural Center. The fair featured cooking demonstrations using induction stoves, electric appliances such as heat pumps, and information on City… [ Keep reading ]
The Department of Energy (DoE) announced $17.2 million has been awarded to the City of Seattle under the Assistance for the Adoption of the Latest and Zero Building Energy Codes grant. Funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the program is designed to address the climate crisis and create cleaner buildings. Seattle’s Office… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is feeling the impacts of climate change now — from the extreme heat earlier this summer, to the dangerous wildfire smoke to come. Extreme weather harms the health and wellness of Seattle residents, particularly communities of color who are hit first and worst. As the City of Seattle works… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) is hiring! OSE is growing its team to advance Seattle’s fight against climate change, including funding community projects, implementing building emissions reduction policies, and supporting our passionate staff. OSE is looking to fill the four listed positions below. OSE is helping create… [ Keep reading ]
