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Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)

Learn about building decarbonization plans in King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties funded by the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. 

What is the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $50 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) to King County in July 2024.

The grant is meant to fund community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America's clean energy transition, according to the EPA.

King County's programs will support the reduction of emissions throughout the building life cycle. This includes programming to retrofit existing multifamily and community buildings across four counties in Washington (King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish).

Projects will reduce embodied carbon emissions in new building construction and create systems to reuse wood at the end of a building's life to avoid emissions. 

Timeline

King County's CPRG programming will launch in 2025 with the following anticipated application launch dates:

  • 3rd Quarter of 2025: benchmarking program applications open
  • 1st Quarter of 2026: Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) retrofit program applications open
  • 1st Quarter of 2026: Community program applications open 

Western Washington's approach:

King County was the lead applicant for the CPRG grant application. Now that it is awarded, King County will support deployment of the programs across all partnered counties. Together, King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties represent 56% of the state's population.

Building on existing regional collaboration, the proposal will advance workforce development, ensure 40% of funds are spent in low-income and historically underserved communities, build technical assistance capabilities, and leverage existing and new financing opportunities.

King County is the lead applicant and will support deployment of the programs across the counties.

The proposal is designed to be competitive by maximizing greenhouse gas reductions in existing buildings and:
• Filling funding gaps in the regional effort to decarbonize buildings,
• Advancing innovative policies and programs (e.g. embodied carbon and salvaged lumber), and
• Building on regional collaboration.

Local government partners have committed to:

• Providing staff that will participate in meetings as needed for collaborative program design, contractor selection, and project reviews.
• Quarterly meetings with the four counties to review progress.
• Connecting buildings, programs, and other offerings to CPRG programs to maximize impact.

Core Programs

There are several core programs.

Multifamily Electrification and Efficiency Program: $19M

  • Electrification and weatherization of 500-750 units of naturally occurring affordable housing
  • Incentives for 300 heat pump water heaters (HPWHs)
  • Technical assistance for 130 buildings 

Community Electrification and Efficiency Program: $23M

  • Electrification and weatherization of 150 family care centers (daycares, adult family homes, etc)
  • Financial support for electrifying 55 municipal and nonprofit community buildings that provide a community service

Embodied Carbon Program: $1.3M

  • Establish capital project embodied carbon requirements 
  • Promote embodied carbon requirements in local and state building codes
  • Support industry participation in embodied carbon regulation, materials testing, and GHG reduction activity

Circular Economy Salvaged Lumber Program: $3.3M

  • Support deconstruction, collection, processing and distribution processes for salvaged lumber
  • Establish manufacturer processing in the Salvaged Lumber Warehouse
  • Support materials testing for industry reuse 

Regional finance program: $.9M

  • Technical support for 25 multifamily buildings & 30 community buildings to decarbonize using new and existing (non-CPRG) funding sources 

Financing & Administration 

Learn more about financing and administration for the program.

Innovative Financing Program:

  • Direct outreach to support community uptake of new and existing decarbonization financing options and supporting research and development of additional financing options for decarbonizing the private sector.

Program Administration

  • Supporting workforce development and equity engagement across the proposed measures. Ensure that 40% of proposal funding is expended in low-income and historically underserved communities. Overall grant invoicing, reporting and contractual obligations. 

Funding Acknowledgement 

This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement 4101001 to King County of Washington. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the Environmental Protection Agency endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document, as well as any images, video, text, or other content created by generative artificial intelligence tools, nor does any such content necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency.

 

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