The Washington State Legislature passed a capital budget appropriation (April 2012) that contains $1.1 billion in infrastructure investment spending designed to stimulate the lagging construction trades jobs picture in the state. This hard fought victory was championed by Rep. Hans Dunshee. Within this large capital budget, there are dedicated funds to provide energy efficiency grants for public sector building energy retrofits. Those dollars include;
Energy Efficiency Grants for Higher Education – $20 million
Energy Efficiency Grants for Local Governments – $18 million
Energy Efficiency Grants for Kâ12 Schools – $40 million
Financing Energy/Water Efficiency – $5 million