Clean Buildings Accelerator
Your path to HB1257 compliance
Avista has partnered with a leading energy-management consulting firm to offer a free program that can help building owners meet Clean Buildings requirements and support energy-saving efforts. The virtual Clean Buildings Accelerator program features:
- Guidance for compliance with the Clean Buildings law
- Help setting up processes and tools, such as ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager
- Site-specific coaching, scanning and prioritization of energy-saving opportunities, tailored to your organization’s goals
Interested? Download our program flyer to learn more.
Accelerator Program overview

4-month sprint
Commitment: Monthly, 2 – 2.5-hour workshops for 4 months
- Join a cohort via virtual workshop

Virtual energy scan
Commitment: One, 30-minute session
- Energy scan
- Opportunity register creation

Cohort elevate workshop (quarterly for graduates)
Commitment: Three, 2-hour sessions, over the course of one year
- Review successes and barriers for low/no cost energy-saving measures
- Identify continued areas of improvement
- Evaluate savings model and ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager dashboards

Coaching calls
Commitment: One, 30-minute call each month
- 1:1 tailored coaching with technical and organization experts
- Overcome common barriers surrounding energy efficiency project implementation
- Review energy data to understand trends in consumption

ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager (ESPM) training
Commitment: 2 hours
- Customized training and coaching for ESPM navigation
- Establish data inputs
- Establish and read energy use intensity (EUI) and energy use intensity targets (EUIt)
- Troubleshoot issues
Learn more about our partner, Stillwater Energy, by visiting their website.