BREMERTON
The Port of Bremerton has received a $250,000 grant from the U.S.
Small Business Administration to increase energy efficiency in its
industrial-park buildings.
The grant falls in line with a plan the port has taken on to reduce
energy consumption on port properties by 10 percent this year. The
port, however, is lagging behind where it expected to be by now,
according to a recent presentation by staff to port
commissioners.
Cary Bozemancq, the port’s chief executive officer, said, “Many of
the port’s buildings are old and in need of energy efficiency
improvements.”
The new funds will be used for weatherization and improvements in
lighting and mechanical systems in buildings at Olympic View
Industrial and Business Parks. The port owns the buildings and
leases them to businesses.
“These improvements should lower utility costs for our tenants who
can benefit from the savings and hopefully reinvest the savings in
the expansion of their businesses,” Bozeman said.
Work under the grant must be done in a year.
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