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Commission backs resolution supporting updates to Chapter 7 (municipal green building code)
Summary
The Commission voted to support an update to Environment Code Chapter 7 that would restructure municipal green building requirements, add embodied carbon and toxics reduction measures, and introduce electrification and battery storage requirements for certain municipal projects; staff and commissioners discussed potential project cost impacts.
The Commission considered proposed updates to Environment Code Chapter 7, San Francisco—s municipal green building requirements, presented by Eden Brookman (Senior Green Building Coordinator) and Cindy Comerford (Climate Program Manager).
Brookman and staff described a comprehensive restructure that collapses 15 existing sections into six (findings, definitions, roles and responsibilities, applicability, requirements and waivers). The proposed requirements are organized under five themes: high‑performance rating systems, energy optimization, responsible production and consumption,…
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