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Council adopts Healthy Buildings Ordinance after amendments; rulemaking later will set standards
Summary
After extended public comment and amendment, Evanston’s City Council adopted the Healthy Buildings Ordinance (HBO) on March 10. The ordinance establishes building performance standards with a 25‑year timeline, creates rulemaking bodies with stakeholder representation, and preserves council oversight of rules before they are enforceable.
Evanston’s City Council on March 10 adopted an ordinance establishing a building performance framework known locally as the Healthy Buildings Ordinance (HBO). The measure — moved by Council Member Nussbaum and adopted after a package of amendments — passed on a council vote; several amendments clarified rule‑making roles, equity priority designations and stakeholder representation on technical committees.
The ordinance covers large buildings already tracked by the city’s benchmarking program and creates a staged timeline for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions; staff and supporters described the HBO as a 25‑year implementation with interim targets and a future rulemaking process to set technical requirements. As adopted, the ordinance makes rule adoption a separate step: no new compliance penalties take effect until council approves rules developed through a…
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