SCALE 2030

• Establish statewide building sector goals for key metrics such as energy use, emissions, and sales shares for key technologies.
• Set final goals for 2050, with five-year milestone goals through 2050 to guide progress.
• Track key metrics on an annual basis and publish progress online with an interactive dashboard.

Building sector goals will provide concrete goals to accelerate the clean buildings transition; help ensure planning and policy and program design; align with the state’s economy-wide energy and emissions goals; and provide timely feedback to state agencies and the clean buildings ecosystem to support accountability and inform course corrections and future funding decisions.

Targets that specify achievements in highly impacted communities (i.e., the share of heat pump installations or energy savings achieved) could help ensure that building upgrade benefits are equitably distributed.

2027: The Washington Legislature directs a state agency to set the building sector goals. The Department of Ecology, with input from the Department of Commerce and the public, develops the goalsand milestones (if not established by the Legislature).

2028: The Department of Commerce, as the agency focused on clean buildings, would lead on identifying and implementing strategies to reach the goals, including aligning codes and standards, market transformation, and financing.

2028 and beyond: The Department of Ecology publishes annual progress tracking against goals and milestones. Hiring a third-party to develop and implement the annual analysis and maintain the online dashboard would help ensure timely feedback.