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Evanston accountability board convenes to implement Healthy Buildings Ordinance as $10.4M DOE grant remains uncertain
Summary
Evanston’s newly formed Healthy Buildings Accountability Board met to introduce members, outline responsibilities under the Healthy Buildings Ordinance and note uncertainty over a $10,400,000 Department of Energy grant. Staff emphasized the board’s role in rulemaking, equity prioritization and quarterly reporting to City Council.
The City of Evanston’s Healthy Buildings Accountability Board convened its first meeting to introduce appointed members and begin work on rules for implementing the city’s Healthy Buildings Ordinance, staff said. Cara Pratt, chief sustainability and resilience officer and interim chair, said the board will advise on rulemaking, recommend metrics and produce quarterly and annual reports for City Council.
Pratt told the board that the city received an Inflation Reduction Act Department of…
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