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Council approves City Hall lighting upgrade to meet state Clean Buildings requirements

5674542 · August 4, 2025
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Summary

Council approved an agreement with an energy service contractor to retrofit City Hall lighting and modernize lighting controls; staff said the primary driver is a failing, obsolete control system and state Clean Buildings Act compliance due June 2026, with energy savings and incentives from Clark PUD as secondary benefits.

Vancouver City Council on Aug. 4 approved a project to replace fluorescent fixtures with LEDs and to modernize City Hall’s lighting control system, citing failing equipment and a state mandate to meet energy-use standards.

Wyatt Jones, project manager in the city’s facilities department, told council the existing lighting-control system is original to the building, obsolete…

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