Spokane County Commissioners Approve C-PACER
by Erik Makinson
Yesterday afternoon, the Spokane Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to allow Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy & Resilience (C-PACER) Financing in Spokane County.
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians Receives Recycling Award
by Erik Makinson
In May 2022, the Resource Synergy team attended the Washington State Recycling Association's REunited WRSA Conference 2022 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. While there, our client, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, received the Washington State Recycling Association Recycler of the Year.
It's a pleasure to have such a wonderful client in the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and we're proud of the work we've done together.
New Tier of Buildings added with the Clean Buildings Expansion Bill
by Erik Makinson
On March 25, Governor Inslee signed the Clean Buildings expansion bill into law. This bill expands the scope of the Clean Buildings Act to include properties between 20,000 ft² – 50,000 ft². This is a big deal because there are exponentially more commercial buildings in this new tier than those previously impacted by the 50,000 square feet threshold.
Under this bill, multifamily residential, nonresidential, hotel, motel, and dormitory buildings, or “Tier 2 covered buildings”, between 20,000 ft² – 50,000 ft² will have to take steps to satisfy compliance requirements. These steps include energy management planning, operations and maintenance planning, and energy use analysis through benchmarking with supporting documents submitted by July 1, 2027.
At this time, it's unclear what targets these buildings will be subjected to, though the Department of Commerce has again been tasked with creating the rules.
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