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Take Control and Save Money with Seattle City Light’s HVAC Controls Upgrade Incentives

March 18, 2024 By SBC staff

Are you a commercial or industrial building owner, building operator, or controls contractor considering building controls upgrade projects in City Light’s territory? A major HVAC controls upgrade typically reduces electric consumption by 10%-15%. Attend this action-packed hour to learn how to earn incentive dollars – worth up to 70% of the cost of your project – by collaborating with City Light. You will also hear about resources and incentives City Light offers to optimize operations of existing systems.

After attending this HVAC controls webinar, commercial and industrial customers, as well as controls contractors, will be able to:

  • Understand the steps to leverage City Light’s financial incentives for upgrading controls
  • Promote the incentive to customers by reviewing example projects City Light helped develop
  • Understand City Light’s supplemental incentives and whole building solution approaches to maximize return on investment
Register: 
Take Control and Save Money with Seattle City Light’s HVAC Controls Upgrade Incentives
Thursday, April 4, 2024 –10:00 to 11:00

PRESENTED BY
Ted Brown, Energy Management Analyst Supervisor | Seattle City Light
Elly Bunzendahl, Senior Manager | AESC, Inc.

Ted Brown, Energy Management Analyst SupervisorTed Brown, Energy Management Analyst Supervisor | Seattle City Light

Ted Brown is an Energy Management Analyst Supervisor in Seattle City Light’s Customer Energy Solutions Division. He supervises a team of EMA’s responsible for delivering commercial energy efficiency projects for the utility. Ted has worked for City Light since 2008 in key customer and efficiency program management roles.

Ted is accredited as Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers. He holds of BA in Economics from the University of Cincinnati and has led facility optimization and utility energy efficiency programs for almost 20 years.

Elly BunzendahlElly Bunzendahl, Senior Manager | AESC, Inc.

Elly brings 18 years of experience in energy efficiency, building science, and sustainability in the built environment, and specializes in improving existing building operational performance, translating technical topics to empower any audience, and managing projects and teams.

City light has created this excellent primer with more information on the incentives available to those building owners that are looking to save on their energy bills.

Questions? Please email [email protected] with questions or concerns.

Filed Under: Education & Training, Featured Event, Webinars

Bellevue Clean Buildings Incentive Program

March 15, 2024 By SBC staff

Mandatory Compliance Dates

Bellevue Clean Buildings Incentive Program

The City of Bellevue is helping large buildings (20,000+ sf) to reduce energy use, save on costs, and comply with WA State Clean Buildings Standards. Free building energy services include energy benchmarking, scoping assessments, incentive navigation, and compliance reporting support – an estimated $18,000 value. Sign-up today!

Free April Webinars for Nonprofit and Multi-Family Properties: Register

  • Understanding the Law & How to Comply:
    • April 3rd: 11:00AM-12:00PM (New? Start here!)
    • April 4th: 12:00PM-1:00PM
  • Benchmarking Your Building:
    • April 10th: 11:00AM-12:00PM

The City of Bellevue offers free building energy services to all large buildings through MacDonald-Miller.

Filed Under: Webinars

Meeting Your Clean Buildings Requirements: EMP and O&M Program Guidance

March 7, 2024 By SBC staff

WSU Energy Program

A no-cost WSU Energy Program for Resource Conservation Managers, Energy Managers, and Sustainability Managers at public facilities in Washington State

Wednesday, March 20, 2024                                                  

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time (1 ½ hours)

Click here to register!

Energy Management Plan (EMP) and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Plan requirements for Washington State’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard is the focus of this 1 ½ hour no-cost webinar, sponsored by Washington State University Energy Program.

While EUIs, EUI targets, and benchmarking have rightfully been getting a lot of attention, documentation requirements for your EMP and O&M program are a significant part of Clean Buildings and worth starting sooner than later. Recognizing the need for EMP and O&M Program templates, ArchEcology, a green building consulting firm based in Seattle, created a template and guidance for building operators and property managers. Katherine Morgan, Principal at ArchEcology and a BOC instructor, will provide an introductory training to their free template package, to help support the collective effort to improve energy and emissions performance across the state.

In addition to the presentation, we will open the webinar up to discussion to hear from attendees about concerns as well as successes in dealing with the EMP and O&M requirements.

RCMs, energy managers, and similar staff from Washington state public and government institutions and agencies are the intended audience. Others may attend if space allows.

Washington State University Energy Program promotes and supports RCM programs with technical assistance, hiring and job description information, monthly newsletters, website, and more.

This free webinar from Washington State University Energy Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program through the Washington State Department of Commerce Energy Division.

For more information, email [email protected].

Filed Under: Webinars

AESP: 2024 State of Demand Flexibility Report

March 6, 2024 By SBC staff

Hey there energy enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated AESP’s Demand Flexibility Report is now live and ready for your perusal. Dive in to discover the latest insights and trends in energy management that will spark a surge of excitement in your sustainability journey. Don’t miss out on this electrifying opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and power up your knowledge arsenal!

UNLEASH THE INSIGHTS

Inside this report, you will find several insights including:

  • A brief history of demand flexibility
  • Why grid flexibility is more important than ever
  • Benefits of distributed energy resources
  • Implementation challenges of demand flexibility
  • Key technologies supporting demand flexibility
  • Current pilots
  • Successful implementations

Filed Under: Resources

Seattle City Light Adopts New Standard for Solar Panel Inverters

March 6, 2024 By SBC staff

Beginning this year, all proposed inverter-based Distributed Energy Resources (DER) must use inverters certified under Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1741 Supplement B (Standard for Safety Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use with Distributed Energy Resources, Supplement B and labeled as UL1741-SB) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1547-2018 (Standard for Interconnection Interoperability of Distributed Energy Resources with Associated Electric Power Systems Interfaces).

The new inverter requirement will go into effect on the following schedule:

  • On or after April 1, 2024: New DER interconnection applications submitted that require an engineering review must use inverters certified under UL1741-SB
  • On or after July 1, 2024: All new DER interconnection applications submitted must use inverters certified under UL1741-SB.

The new inverter requirements have been adopted to support City Light’s grid modernization efforts. UL1741-SB inverters have communications functionality that can provide important information to the utility. In the future, as more and more customers adopt photovoltaic technologies, the new inverters will allow the utility to understand how much energy customer solar is generating in real time. This new inverter standard supports the utility’s progress toward a carbon-free, electrified future where customers have more choice about energy generation.

For more information, please contact [email protected]. You can review the 2024 RESC on City Light’s website at web8.seattle.gov/city-light-engineering-standards/RESC.

Filed Under: Resources

New WSU Energy Webinar & Clean Buildings Basic Training Workshop

February 29, 2024 By SBC staff

Clean Buildings Portal Basic Training Workshop

Join the WA State Commerce Clean Building’s Team on Tuesday, March 12th from 10-11AM for an overview of the Clean Buildings Portal that is perfect for the new user or anyone who has portal questions.

The session will end with a Q&A. Topics include:

  • Troubleshooting Secure Access WA (SAW)
  • Requesting Building Owner Notification letters and Shared Access
  • Building data page – common questions and forms overview
  • Basic application navigation

Registration is required. Your unique Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration.

REGISTER:


 

New WSU Energy Program Webinar on Clean Buildings Requirements

Attend the upcoming WSU Energy Program webinar on March 20, 2024 for a presentation and discussion about using Energy Management Plan (EMP) and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) program templates to satisfy requirements for Washington State’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard. While no-cost and open to everyone, preference is given to those working at Washington state public facilities and buildings. Register here.

Filed Under: Featured Event, Webinars

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