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Committee hears building-decarbonization roadmap; staff outlines equity hub, financing study and a modest near-term staffing plan
Summary
The committee held a hearing on the building operations chapter of the 2022 Climate Action Plan. Department of Environment staff presented a roadmap prioritizing electrification, equity, and workforce development; advocates urged funding and stronger timelines; staff said a long-term financing study will be finalized in September and the department plans to add up to three building-operations staff in the coming fiscal year.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee held an extended hearing on July 18 on the building operations component of San Francisco's 2022 Climate Action Plan, focusing on a roadmap for decarbonizing existing and new buildings.
Cindy Comerford, Climate Program Manager for the Department of the Environment (SFE), summarized the roadmap: buildings account for about 41% of city greenhouse-gas emissions and approximately 87% of building-operation emissions are from natural gas combustion. The roadmap centers on electrification measures, including an established policy that all new construction be all-electric, proposed expansion of that standard to major alterations, and sector-specific approaches: time-of-replacement and time-of-sale policies for residential buildings, building performance standards for large commercial buildings (with a local target of net-zero by 2035 for large commercial), and municipal building electrification coordinated through updated Chapter 7 of the Environment Code.
Comerford emphasized equity and co-benefits: a…
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