Description
Local jurisdictions in King County must work together to support building retrofits. To help achieve communitywide building and energy goals, the County will collaborate with its partnerships, such as the King County–Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) and the Coalition for Climate Careers (C3), as well as utilities, regulators, and other partners to expand the reach of retrofit support programs available to building owners. Currently, Seattle, Shoreline, and five cities working together under Energy Smart Eastside (Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island, and Redmond) have programs to directly support retrofits in income-qualifying homes. King County will convene partners to explore opportunities to expand the reach of building retrofits through partnerships, and will explore options for creating climate resilience and affordability. Future programs could include deep energy-efficiency retrofit programs, initiatives to increase green power enrollment in communities, streamlined local renewable permitting, and renewable and electrification retrofit incentives and programs.