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Committee advances update to municipal green-building rules to align with LEED v4
Summary
The committee advanced amendments to Environment Code Chapter 7 to align city requirements with updated California codes and LEED v4, raise applicability thresholds, add net‑zero feasibility and solar-plus-storage analysis, and give the Department of the Environment rulemaking authority on furniture procurement.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use & Transportation Committee on Feb. 13 advanced changes to the municipal green‑building ordinance that update Chapter 7 of the Environment Code and align city requirements with recent California building and energy code changes.
Rafael, the head of the Department of the Environment, told the committee the ordinance is largely a technical update to reflect newer standards — including a transition from LEED version 3 to LEED version 4 — and an opportunity to clarify and add…
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