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Council introduces 'reach code' to require heat‑pump replacements for AC replacements; residents warn of costs
Summary
Council introduced a local amendment requiring heat‑pump replacements when residential AC units are replaced, while directing staff to return with incentive details to offset upfront costs.
Councilmembers introduced an ordinance that would amend the Glendale Building and Safety Code to require that projects replacing air‑conditioning systems in single‑family homes, duplexes and townhomes either install a heat‑pump space conditioner as the primary heating system or include specified additional energy‑efficiency measures (01:31:39).
Management Services framed the ordinance as a "reach code" that supplements the 2022 California Building and Energy Code and is intended to reduce peak electricity demand and greenhouse‑gas emissions by encouraging higher‑efficiency heat‑pump technology. Councilmembers emphasized that the measure…
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