Board weighs broader building-performance approaches rather than industry-specific offsets
Board members and staff discussed moving from an industry-specific offset to broader, facility-neutral measures such as the building performance standard and productivity-based metrics for large users like data centers and BAE; staff said broader approaches are a preferred route to drive energy reductions.
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Board members raised the possibility of replacing or supplementing an industry-specific offset with a facility-neutral approach. A committee member asked whether council or future policymakers might prefer a more user-neutral program; Carolyn Elam responded that the city is considering building performance standards applied broadly and noted nuances of legal authority for discretionary licensing versus broad regulations.
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