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Receive hands-on technical support to prepare for Seattle BEPS and WA Clean Buildings compliance

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    Coaching & Learning

    Through the group training experience, participants learn from coaches, engineers, and their peers. Participants receive hands-on technical support to prepare for compliance. We call these group training experiences “cohorts.” The multifamily-only cohorts are tailored for owners and managers of apartment buildings, especially subsidized or unsubsidized affordable apartment buildings, and condo/co-op managers or board volunteers. The nonresidential cohorts are tailored for owners and managers of nonprofit and private buildings like offices, retail, museums, houses of worship, community centers, and more. Cohorts are offered virtually and in-person.

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    Drop-In Hours

    Available to cohort graduates, Drop-In Hours are intended to help participants get unstuck. These virtual group calls are with a coach and/or engineer and focus on specific compliance topics, provide law updates, and time for building-specific Q&A.

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    Emissions Reduction Planning Support

    Emissions reduction planning support is offered to some cohort members, based on program criteria that include, but are not limited to, significant gas/steam use, age of equipment, and organizational readiness and capacity. This ensures that the program’s limited resources are used to help participants who are a good fit for emissions reduction planning activities. The result is an action-oriented report outlining opportunities to reduce emissions to meet Seattle BEPS.  

What Your Peers Are Saying

“Without [Navigator], we would have paid one of our vendors to help us comply, and they do charge a lot of money for what I was able to do by myself. The cost would have been hard on our budget, as it would have been a surprise."

Veronica A. Gallardo, Property Manager, El Centro de la Raza

“Having this program available has been an invaluable resource to plan for and comply…”  Todd Clark, Facilities Manager, Seattle Opera 

“The Seattle Clean Buildings Accelerator Program has given me a really solid overview of what the State of WA expects, and how to go about organizing and presenting the data they want to see. All of the organizations who participate in this program will find many useful insights, but the one that strikes me as particularly useful is the Virtual Energy Scan. This process will identify opportunities where your organization can benefit from infrastructure updates, or where the organization can adjust their building controls and schedules to reduce energy loads, like HVAC and lighting.” 

Todd Clark, Facilities Manager, Seattle Opera

“I found the Seattle Clean Building Accelerator program very helpful in guiding our small team at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral through the requirements of the state and city laws for reducing our energy and carbon footprint. The interactive webinar workshops and coaching calls provided useful information as well as the tools and resources which we will use as we develop our energy management plan and operations and maintenance manual. This opportunity came along at just the right time to help us ramp up our energy improvements.” 

Kathy Minsch, Creation Care Ministry Co-Chair at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral


Get to Know Some of Our Past Participants

Property Management​

Unico Properties​

Gibraltar, LLC​

Prologis​

JSH Properties​

Nonresidential Businesses​

SODO Partners, LLC / Honda of Seattle & Toyota of Seattle​

Pedersen's Event Rentals​

Fairmont Olympic Hotel​

Pike Place Market​

Other​

Port of Seattle​

SSA Marine​

Seattle Parks Department​

5D Data Centers

Community Organizations​

El Centro de la Raza​

Asian Counseling and Referral Service​

Wing Luke Museum​

United Way of King County​

Benaroya Hall​

Seattle Opera​

Houses of Worship​

Trinity Parish of Seattle​

Fairview Church of God​

St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral​

First United Methodist​

Multifamily ​

Bellwether Housing​

Gables Cooperative​

The Wolff Company​

La Paz Apartments​

Luma​

The Salvation Army Seattle Residences, Inc.​

Merrill Gardens / Pillar Properties​

Simpson Housing LLLP​

RMHC of Western WA & AK​

Era Living​

Schools​

The Northwest School​

Seattle Public Schools ​

Hope School​

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Recognition

Upon completion of a cohort, participants receive a letter of completion issued by Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) to recognize participants for their dedication and commitment to professional development.

Please note: this recognition is not a certification. Completing the training offered to cohort members does not meet the requirements for the Qualified Person or Qualified Energy Manager roles under either the Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard or the WA Clean Buildings Performance Standard.