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Commission Backs Green‑building Efficiency Rules, Extends Limits on Natural Gas in New Construction
Summary
The Commission considered and approved an ordinance (Board File 190,974) setting higher efficiency standards for buildings that use natural gas and extending efficiency requirements to certain commercial construction as part of broader decarbonization goals.
The Building Inspection Commission reviewed an ordinance amending the green building code intended to reduce operational emissions in new construction and impose higher efficiency requirements on mixed‑fuel (gas + electric) buildings.
Mr. Hooper presented the ordinance as part of the Mayor’s broader decarbonization goals, noting that the city aims for new buildings to have no operational emissions by 2030 and for built…
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