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Natural gas exhaust, mostly steam and heat-trapping carbon dioxide, rises from the University of Washington power plant. Credit: KUOW Photo / John Ryan
Seattle bans natural gas in new buildings By
The city of Seattle has banned most uses of fossil fuels in new buildings.
The ban on appliances like gas furnaces and gas water heaters in new construction is part of a revised energy code that applies to commercial buildings and to multifamily housing at least four stories tall.
The code proposed by Mayor Jenny Durkan passed Seattle City Council 9-0 on Monday.
Space heating in new construction must be all-electric by June 1, while new water heaters must use only electricity by the end of the year.
Seattle council approves ban on gas heating in new apartments, commercial buildings
A building under construction in Seattle in 2019. (Getty Images)
The council voted unanimously to approve the ban, which was passed in addition to a separate vote to bring the city into alignment with other Washington state building codes. The citywide ban on natural gas space heating will take effect for qualifying new buildings on June 1, 2021, with the gas water heating ban going into effect in 2022 to “allow time for the market to adapt.”
Councilmember Dan Strauss who sponsored the bill pointed to an 8.3% in carbon emissions from buildings in the city between 2016 and 2018 as one of the driving reasons for getting the bill passed. It’s estimated that the ban will reduce building emissions by “at least 12%” by 2050.