Complying with the Washington State Clean Buildings Standard – House Bill 1257

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Complying with the Washington State Clean Buildings Standard – House Bill 1257

April 15, 2025

What is the Clean Buildings Standard? The Clean Building Standard enacted by Washington State Legislative House Bill 1257 in 2019 is a performance-based energy efficiency framework focused on existing buildings greater than 50,000 square feet (Tier 1 buildings). This framework provides each applicable building with an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) target based on use and…

Kevin Wickenhagen

“We are ecstatic, you have exceeded our expectations. Our senior engineer actually sleeps better at night knowing ATS is servicing our system. No, really, that is no joke. I’m serious. We are very happy with getting ATS involved here.”

Kevin Wickenhagen

Senior Infrastructure Services Manager
Yakima County Technology Services

Sean Kennedy

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Sean Kennedy

Chief Estimator Mechanical Construction
McKinstry

Barbara Ossowski

“… ATS has been a great help and value to our organization by implementing many processes that normally would take me more time to finish. For example, we change our offsets to take advantage of free cooling in the spring/fall, versus winter settings where we need to concentrate on heating offsets. ATS is able to do this in a one, four-hour visit, in comparison of me spending much more time going into each VAV/TU’s/AHU/HRU, etc., to change the settings individually.”

Barbara Ossowski

Resource Conservation Manager
Lake Stevens School District

Eli Cole

“The value (ATS provides) to the City of Olympia is critical to our operations, productivity, troubleshooting, and energy efficiency. If I had to walk into a different position as a technician, supervisor, or director I would make sure building automation was a key part of budgeting and implementation.”

Eli Cole

Facilities Operations Supervisor
City of Olympia

J. Stine

“This project (Renton High School) is an amazing example of what it looks like when a DDC retrofit is done right.”

J. Stine

Program Manager
Renton School District

Frank O’Conner

“ATS is one of the best controls contractors out there… They self-identify a huge amount of issues. Also, they hold other trades and vendors to a higher standard because of their own drive to turn over the best product. Simply put, we wouldn’t be where we are today if we didn’t have them here.”

Frank O’Conner

Turner Construction

Dave Steel

“I would recommend ATS to any municipality or organization looking for a highly qualified, skilled, and dependable vendor to partner with for environmental controls.”

Dave Steel

City of Spokane

April Rice

“The ATS team has been a valuable resource for our engineers, HVAC staff, and design-build contractors. They honestly have the end users’ best interest in mind and are transparent in sharing information and strategies to be more energy efficient and to keep my tenants comfortable.”

April Rice

State of Idaho – Chinden Campus

Craig Opsal

“ATS has always been very accommodating and easy to work with over the years. Their team brings a diverse group of talented individuals that are not only capable but also bring new and interesting strategies to the conversation. Our staff are very capable in troubleshooting and maintaining our systems but when we do experience an issue that needs some additional knowledge, understanding and experience we call ATS for support. The ATS team is always willing and able to help our team get us back on track in a timely manner.”

Craig Opsal

Eastern Washington University

Mark Bennett

“St. Luke’s Boise Building Services has worked with ATS Inland NW on many occasions over the course of the past several years. They completed new building automation in the Boise Surgery Center on the downtown campus as well as multiple troubleshooting tasks in other buildings across the campus, including fine turning the chiller plant at the new Central Utility Plant. They have proven to be well staffed with many capable engineers, field installers, and programmers. They have also been chosen to help design the controls package for the new North Tower and Medical Office Building.

Their pricing is in line with their competition, and they provide good value for the cost. We are looking forward to partnering with them as the campus expands as they are my preferred BAS contractor.”

Mark Bennett

St Luke’s Health System