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Ithaca staff and preservation planner weigh how new energy code would affect historic buildings
Summary
City staff and the historic preservation planner told commissioners most historic buildings can be upgraded for energy efficiency without altering character‑defining features; staff proposed exploring incentives (tax credits, municipal investment fund, case studies) rather than a broad exemption and flagged a pause in the state's All Electric Buildings Act implementation.
City staff opened a multihour discussion of how a forthcoming state energy code and the All Electric Buildings Act intersect with locally designated historic properties, and said the city will delay adoption of a local net‑zero supplement until July 1, 2026 or until staff propose an alternative.
The city's historic preservation planner (the planner was introduced in the meeting context and spoke in detail about preservation practice) argued historic properties can be made energy efficient while retaining character. "Historic properties can be energy efficient, and there are incentives…
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