Seattle 拨款460万美元助9栋建筑脱碳改造：可负担住房与社区建筑换装热泵
位于华盛顿州国王县的西雅图市，位于华盛顿州 King 县的 Seattle 市消息：市政府可持续发展与环境办公室（OSE）10月19日宣布，2026年度建筑脱碳补助（Building Decarbonization Grants）共拨款460万美元，授予9家机构，用于可负担住房与社区建筑的工程设计与节能改造，帮助建筑业主减少气候污染，并为达标 Seattle 建筑排放绩效标准（BEPS）做准备。市长 Katie Wilson 表示，可负担性与气候行动并行不悖，改造能带来更健康的空气、更安全的住房与更低的能源账单。
本轮获补助的9个项目中，金额最高的是 Plymouth Housing Group，获200万美元，为其位于 Belltown 的 Plymouth Place 永久性支持住房做工程设计与改造，以中央热泵系统取代燃气热水与供暖系统。Brighton Communities 获54万美元，为 Rainier Valley 的 Brighton Apartments 124套长者可负担公寓全面更换燃气采暖、炊事与热水设备；Seattle Children's Research Institute 获50万美元，为市中心 Jack R. MacDonald Building 实验室更换两台燃气锅炉；InterImCDA 获45万美元，为华埠国际区 Nihonmachi Terrace 的50套低收入家庭公寓更换燃气锅炉，其共同执行主任 Leslie Morishita 表示，其中一台原有燃气锅炉已经彻底损坏、另一台也岌岌可危，这笔补助全额资助热泵改造，可消除该楼约九成的燃气用量。
其余获补助者包括：Downtown Emergency Service Center 获30万美元，为 Pioneer Square 的 Morrison Hotel 190套公寓更换通风设备并改用电热泵；University Congregational United Church of Christ 获29.2万美元；MLK FAME Community Center 获218,734美元；Gables Cooperative Association 获16万美元；Saint Mark's Cathedral 获14.8万美元。各项目均以电热泵取代燃气供暖、热水或炊事设备。
OSE 表示，本轮共收到53份申请、申请总额近2,600万美元，比2025年多出800万美元；补助资金来自 Seattle 的 JumpStart 薪资支出税，市长提出的预算案中已列入2027年继续拨款的安排。据市政府数据，建筑占 Seattle 温室气体排放的41%，是该市第二大污染来源；2022年至2024年间建筑排放已下降14%。按 BEPS 要求，多数大型建筑须在2050年前实现净零排放。这是 Seattle 第三年发放建筑脱碳补助。（GSM 据 Seattle 市政府可持续发展与环境办公室公告）
Seattle Awards $4.6 Million in Building Decarbonization Grants to Nine Projects: Affordable Housing and Community Buildings Switch to Heat Pumps
Seattle, in King County, Washington: The City of Seattle's Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) announced on October 19 a total of $4.6 million in 2026 Building Decarbonization Grants to nine awardees. The grants will help affordable housing providers and owners of community-serving buildings complete engineering design or retrofit projects that reduce climate pollution and prepare buildings to meet Seattle's Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS). "Affordability and climate action go hand in hand in creating a Seattle where everyone can thrive," Mayor Katie Wilson said, adding that the upgrades bring healthier air, safer homes and lower energy bills.
The largest award, $2 million, went to Plymouth Housing Group for engineering design and retrofits at Plymouth Place in Belltown, a nonprofit apartment building providing permanent housing and support services to people experiencing homelessness, where a central heat pump plant will replace gas-fired hot water and heating systems. Brighton Communities received $540,000 to replace gas-fueled heating, cooking and hot water equipment across all 124 senior affordable apartments at Brighton Apartments in the Rainier Valley. Seattle Children's Research Institute received $500,000 to replace two gas-fired boilers at the Jack R. MacDonald Building downtown. InterImCDA received $450,000 to replace gas boilers at Nihonmachi Terrace, its 50-unit affordable housing building in the Chinatown-International District; co-executive director Leslie Morishita said one of the original gas boilers has permanently failed and the other is in critical condition, and that the grant fully funds a heat pump retrofit eliminating roughly 90 percent of the building's gas use.
The remaining awardees are the Downtown Emergency Service Center ($300,000, for heat pump retrofits at the Morrison Hotel's 190 apartments in Pioneer Square), University Congregational United Church of Christ ($292,000), the MLK FAME Community Center ($218,734), the Gables Cooperative Association ($160,000) and Saint Mark's Cathedral ($148,000). Each project replaces gas-fired heating, hot water or cooking equipment with electric heat pump systems.
OSE said this cycle drew 53 applications requesting nearly $26 million, $8 million more than requested in 2025. Funding comes from Seattle's JumpStart Payroll Expense Tax, and the Mayor's proposed budget includes funding to award grants again in 2027. Buildings account for 41% of Seattle's greenhouse gas emissions, the city's second-largest pollution source; building emissions fell 14% between 2022 and 2024. Under BEPS, most large buildings must reach net-zero emissions by 2050. This is Seattle's third year awarding the grants. (GSM, based on the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment announcement)
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