Report to Mayor & Council on Performance | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Date Due: 01/01/2023
Responsible Entity: Advisory Board
Action: Report to Mayor & Council on Performance
Summary: The Advisory Board must deliver to the mayor and the speaker of the city council providing an analysis of, and any recommendations for improving, energy and emissions performance requirements for covered buildings that are targeted to achieve at least a 40% reduction in GHGs by 2030 from 2005 levels.
Status: Executed: The report is available here.
Statute: LL97 § 5 adds new Administrative Code Tit. 28. Ch. 3 § 28-320.2(2)

Statutory Language:

LL97 § 5: "§ 28-320.2 Advisory board. There shall be an advisory board convened, by the office of building energy and emissions performance upon the effective date of this article, in January of 2029 and in January of 2039, to provide advice and recommendations to the commissioner and to the mayor’s office of long term planning and sustainability relating to effectively reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to:

2. A report to be delivered to the mayor and the speaker of the city council no later than January 1, 2023, providing an analysis of, and any recommendations for improving, energy and emissions performance requirements for covered buildings. Such recommendations shall be targeted to achieve at least a 40 percent reduction in aggregate greenhouse gas emissions from covered buildings by calendar year 2030 relative to such emissions for the calendar year 2005.

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.1. Incentives for reduction of peak energy demand;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.2. Methods to allow for staggered reporting cycles for compliance with energy and emissions performance improvements;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.3. Methods for calculating penalties for non-compliance;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.4. Estimated emissions reductions associated with any recommended energy performance requirements;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.5. The economic impact, including benefits, of achieving the energy and emissions performance requirements;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.6. Methods for achieving earlier or larger reductions from city-owned buildings;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.7 Separate improvement targets for base building energy systems and tenant-controlled energy systems;

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.8 Methods for achieving emissions reductions from manufacturing and industrial processes; and

Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to assessments of:: 2.9 Methods for achieving emissions reductions from hospitals while maintaining critical care for human health and safety."