Sustainability and Energy Conservation

The Capital Budget office provides guidance and support on sustainable operations and compliance with relevant policies. Please reach out for guidance or support on:

• Compliance with the WA Clean Buildings Performance Standard
• Energy Star Portfolio Manager configuration and use
• Megamation Direct Line fixed asset inventories and reports
• Building or campus decarbonization planning
• Refrigerant Management Program compliance
• Greenhouse gas emissions tracking and reporting
• Fleet electrification
• Electric Vehicle Charging stations
• Solar power (and other renewable energy) generation
• Waste management/diversion/reduction
• Other elements of sustainable operations and management

Sustainability and Energy Conservation in State Laws and Policies

State Commercial Building Energy Code – WAC Chapter 51-11C

• Replacing existing heating or cooling systems – Section C503
• New construction renewable energy requirements – Section C411

State Agency Greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals - RCW 70A.45.050

• State Agency greenhouse gas reporting (Department of Ecology)

Public Agency Energy Benchmarking - RCW 19.27A.190

• State Building Energy Benchmarking (Department of Enterprise Services)

WA Energy Performance Standard - RCW 19.27A.210 

• WAC Chapter 194-50 – Washington Clean Buildings Performance Standard
• Clean Buildings Performance Standard (Department of Commerce)

Hydrofluorocarbons – Emissions Reduction - RCW 70A.60 

• WAC Chapter 173-443 – HFC Prohibitions and Management
• Refrigerant Management Program (Department of Ecology)

DES Green, environmentally preferred, Purchasing

Clean Buildings Performance Standard

The CTC System owns and leases just over 1,000 facilities at over 80 geographically discrete campuses and satellite locations around WA state.

Roughly 160 buildings are Tier 1 (larger than 50,000 gross square feet) and 180 are Tier 2 (20,000 – 50,000 gross square feet).

There are also eight qualifying district energy systems required by HB 1390 to develop and implement decarbonization plans (Annex W of the Clean Buildings Performance Standard).

Working on CBPS compliance at your campus? Sign up for the Clean Buildings Performance Standard listserv. 

Commerce Guidance Documents.

Building Potential/Smart Buildings Center Clean Buildings Performance Standard Help Desk.  

WSU Energy Resource Conservation Management Program Resources.

Energy Star Portfolio Manager training resources:

• Energy Star Training 
• Energy Star Basics of Building Benchmarking