Solar and renewable energy system installations on commercial buildings in Spokane have increased since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed in 2025, as building owners and businesses hurry to perform planned projects before a clean energy tax credit ends.

As the focus shifts from containment to recovery in the aftermath of the Spokane Complex Fires, work for Fulcrum Environmental Consultants Inc. has picked up as the group of scientists makes its way around the city testing homes, schools, soil, and air for hazards people often can’t see. 

Eastern Washington University is accelerating its sustainability efforts with a roadmap of projects including the implementation of a solar array, geothermal heating and cooling, carbon capturing, and a microturbine that uses existing steam production to create electricity.