Council debates prescriptive triple‑pane glazing language and component‑path tradeoffs
Council members and stakeholders argued over a proposal that would require higher‑performance glazing for a portion of building glazing. Critics called it prescriptive and potentially market‑forcing; staff and modelers said the component/performance path should allow tradeoffs if wording is clarified.
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Council members spent significant time examining a petitioned glazing requirement that would apply higher performance criteria (described in testimony as equivalent to triple‑pane or a specific U‑factor) to a portion of a building’s glazing area.
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