Friday, January 29, 2010

Seattle Energy Policy is Announced and Approved!!! Siging Event - Community Action


Subject: Green Jobs Legislation Passes City Council



As many of you are aware, and in partnership with many of your organizations, the City of Seattle has been working hard for the past two years to establish new policies and programs that will help us meet our ambitious goals to reduce the energy consumption of Seattle’s buildings by 20% by 2020, create new green jobs and save our residents and businesses money on energy bills.

On Earth Day 2009, we announced the Green Building Capital Initiative – a suite of policies developed in partnership with the Green Building Task Force. We're very pleased to announce that we've made great progress over the past year in implementing many of those recommendations, including passage by Seattle City Council, as of yesterday, January 25, 2010, of the non-residential and multifamily energy performance disclosure ordinance.


This ordinance requires annual reporting of energy performance for all non-residential buildings over 10,000 SF and all multi-family buildings over 5 units on an annual basis, as well as disclosure to potential residents, buyers and lenders upon request. We believe that providing this information to building owners and tenants is an important first step in encouraging greater energy efficiency in the market place. Our economic analysis shows that building energy retrofits inspired by this ordinance will create 130 jobs.


Please join us on February 1st, 2010 at 4 PM for a bill signing with Mayor Mike McGinn as well as updates on all Green Building Task Force recommendations.



When: February 1, 2010

Time: 4 – 5:30 PM

Location: 1301 Second Avenue, Executive Conference Room

Agenda: First Annual Update on Green Building Capital Initiative

Bill Signing

Refreshments



Many thanks again for your commitment and service to this important work, and for helping to maintain Seattle's leadership position in green building and climate protection policy and implementation. We look forward to seeing you on Monday. Please RSVP to Jeanie Boawn at jeanie.boawn@seattle.gov



Thanks,

Mike



Michael Mann

Acting Director

Office of Sustainability and Environment

City of Seattle