Case Study: Washington State Department of Services for the Blind

Link to Seattle Office of Sustainability, PDF of a case study of an energy efficiency and electrification retrofit

About the project

Address: 3411 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118

Size: 23,200 sq. ft., two-story building

Original Construction: 1962

Projected Energy Savings: Up to 70% annually

Projected Direct Emissions Reduction: 72 MT/CO2e annually

Projected Utility Cost & Operational Savings:¹ $9,600 annually

Total Project Costs: $2.7 million

Total City Light Incentives:² $23,186

Owner: State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services (DES)

Consultants: UMC UMC was contracted through the DES’s Energy Savings Performance Contracting Program (ESPC)

1 Based on utility costs for 2017.

2 This includes a guaranteed incentive of $16,048, plus a $7,138 performance incentive to be paid when kWh savings are validated.