The Washington State Clean Buildings Act (RCW 19.27A.210) requires commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet meet energy use intensity targets or a financial investment in energy reduction threshold. Five County owned buildings and one complex are required to comply. Our target for 2023 is to have 3 buildings meet this standard, our target for 2024 is 4 buildings, and our target for 2025 is 5 buildings.

Number of households served

Number of households who received Energy Assistance which reduces the burden of energy to residents so they don't have to make a choice between heat and other essentials like medication, food or water.

Energy data represents all electricity used at Pierce County Facilities, excluding the wastewater treatment plants and distributed pump houses.

Water use data represents water used at Pierce County Facilities with an associated bill. Water data collection has proven to be more inconsistent. Steps are being taken to improve the granularity and accuracy of our water data collection.

All data is collected from utility bills and is entered into software where it is normalized by month and by fluctuations in the weather.

Energy data represents all electricity used at Pierce County Facilities, excluding the wastewater treatment plants and distributed pump houses.

All data is collected from utility bills and is entered into software where it is normalized by month and by fluctuations in the weather.