Washington

Information provided by EPA State Climate and Energy Program, Washington State Planning and Incentive Structures

Summary: Executive Order 05-01 (January 5, 2005) requires a reduction in state agency energy use by 10% by September 1, 2009, (using fiscal year 2003 as the baseline). It also requires major state construction projects (over 25,000 sq ft) to be designed and built according to LEED Silver standards.

WA Statute RCW 39.35D.030 (January 2005) requires that all major facility projects of public agencies receiving any funding in a state capital budget must be designed, constructed, and certified to at least the LEED silver standard and must include building commissioning as a component of the design process.

Links:

• Executive Order 05-01
• RCW 39.35D.030

No policy in place or proposed

No policy in place or proposed

Note: For state efficient fleet initiatives, policies listed must make a specific, mandatory requirement for increasing state fleet efficiency. State alternative-fuel vehicle procurement requirements that give a voluntary option to count efficient vehicles are thus not included.

Links:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Washington ESPC Legislation
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Performance Contracting and Energy Efficiency in the State Government Market (pdf)

Last Updated 07/14/2009

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