Carbon
Electrification
Powering Only with Electricity
The electrification of buildings is a critical step in achieving global climate goals. As the energy grid trends toward increasingly renewable energy sources, ensuring your building operates using only renewable electricity will allow your organization to transition along with it.
- Carbon and Energy Auditing
- Commissioning
- Data & Analytics
- Decarbonization
- Deep Energy Efficiency
- Deep Energy Retrofits
- District Energy Systems
- ENERGY STAR Benchmarking and Certification
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
- Energy Analysis
- Energy Audits
- Energy Efficiency Analysis
- Energy Incentive Strategies
- Energy Modeling
- Energy Rater
- Energy Star
- Net Zero Analysis
- New Building Commissioning
- Photovoltaic PV
- Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
- Recommissioning
- Renewable Energy
- Renewables & Clean Energy
- Renewables & Clean Energy Strategy
- Resiliency
- Scope 1
- Scope 2
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Representative Clients
City of Sammamish (WA)
Climate Action Plan
City of Sammamish (WA)
Climate Action Plan
Sammamish, WA
Brightworks is developing the City of Sammamish's greenhouse gas baseline and Climate Action Plan (CAP) in alignment with best practices, King County, Washington state, and partner cities. The plan includes recommended actions by city government and community members alike.
Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability
Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)
King County (WA)
Metro Transportation South Annex Base
King County (WA)
Metro Transportation South Annex Base
Tukwila, WA
In partnership with Jacobs, Brightworks is providing Living Building Challenge program management services for this new facility for King County Metro, the county’s public transportation agency. The South Annex Base will house up to 250 electric buses and make important progress towards achieving King County Metro’s goal of operating a zero-emissions fleet.
Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal), Transportation
Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
Ross Fleet Services Building
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
Ross Fleet Services Building
Vancouver, WA
The Bonneville Power Administration's new fleet services building targeted advanced energy reductions for their vehicle maintenance and support spaces. Brightworks managed the team's successful LEED Version 4 Gold certification program. (Image: Hennebery Eddy Architects, henneberyeddy.com)
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal), Infrastructure
Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities
City of Seattle (WA)
Fire Station 32
City of Seattle (WA)
Fire Station 32
Seattle, WA
Rainwater capture, solar hot water, high efficiency fixtures, and solar-readiness helped this new, 17,000-square-foot replacement fire station in West Seattle reach its ambitious LEED Platinum certification target.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)
Building Types:
Public Safety & Emergency Services
Confidential Client
Interior Material Assessments
Confidential Client
Interior Material Assessments
Seattle, WA
This major retailer outfits its spaces with custom, in-store furniture to conjure feelings of coziness and comfort. Though already successful in reducing its carbon, water, and waste footprint, it wanted to go further, retaining Brightworks to provide advanced assessments of potential store materials for health, embodied carbon, and circularity performance.
Practices Engaged:
Materials
Industry Sectors:
Food Service (Grocery & Restaurants), Retail
Building Types:
Restaurants, Retail
Edlen & Company
The Warren Apartments
Edlen & Company
The Warren Apartments
Spokane, WA
This new apartment building in downtown Spokane, Washington, features biophilic design that recalls the surrounding natural environment; regionally-sourced and low-VOC materials; and a comprehensive rainwater management system featuring local vegetation supporting pollinator species.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development
Building Types:
Multifamily Residential