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Board favors broader energy/GHG KPI instead of construction-only energy-code metric; city to reopen renewable-energy ordinance
Summary
Members recommended shifting from a construction-count energy-code KPI to a measurable greenhouse-gas reduction metric across residential, commercial and industrial sectors; the board also discussed revising Ordinance 97-44 on renewable energy and possible DOE technical assistance worth about $147,000 for an energy plan and feasibility work.
The Lawrence Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board on Thursday recommended reframing an energy-related KPI from a narrow construction-count metric to a broader goal measuring reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions across the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Cathy Richardson, the city sustainability director, explained the current draft KPI counts buildings constructed after the city adopted a given energy code and said that approach does not capture efficiency upgrades to existing buildings. “It’s just a count of how many since the energy code,” Richardson said, adding that…
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