H-0748.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1015
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Duerr, Ramel, Ryu, Berry, Reed, Fitzgibbon, Macri, Doglio, Simmons, Peterson, Pollet, Kloba, and Parshley)
READ FIRST TIME 01/28/25.
AN ACT Relating to energy labeling of residential buildings; adding a new section to chapter 19.27A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.21F RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that improving the energy efficiency of, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from, existing residential buildings, including detached single-family homes, is critical to meeting the state's climate goals. The legislature further finds that making information about energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions available to homebuyers will help homebuyers make more informed decisions and that this information will cause the market to better value the efficiency and the greenhouse gas impacts of energy consumed in a home. The legislature further finds that home energy labeling programs using the home energy score model developed by the United States department of energy have proven to be effective in other states.
Therefore, the legislature intends to establish a method for energy labeling of existing residential buildings.