April 22, 2009
Seattle City Light will contribute $1.5 million to the effort through its five-year conservation plan. The program also will loan homeowners $8,000 to $20,000 for efficiency improvements -- such as new lighting, furnaces, water heaters and windows -- using $1.2 million from a federal stimulus package energy efficiency and conservation block grant.
Mayor Greg Nickels also announced that Seattle would require commercial and multifamily residential buildings to measure and disclose their energy use; expand training for efficiency auditors and technicians; increase energy-efficiency requirements for new buildings by 30 percent; and launch a new process to expedite permitting of projects that meet efficiency standards in innovative ways.
>> Read More
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New program to provide 5,000 home-energy audits to Seattle City Light customers over the next 18 months for $95 apiece -- a $505 discount.
 |  |
LEED certified commercial and institutional buildings are designed to use an average of 32% less electricity, 26% less natural gas and 36% less total energy than standard buildings. (USGBC)
