To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Introduce Ordinance No. 2024-17, adopting and amending the 2022 California Energy Code to increase the energy efficiency standards for certain newly constructed buildings
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. INTRODUCE Ordinance No 2024-17, adopting and amending the 2022 California Energy Code to increase energy efficiency standards for newly constructed residential buildings, hotels, offices, and retail buildings; WAIVE reading, and FIX October 1, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. for a public hearing to consider adoption of the ordinance and adoption of findings of local conditions to justify construction standards stricter than those imposed by Health and Safety Code section 19180 et seq.
2. DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to publish notice of the hearing pursuant to Government Code section 6066.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
As recommended by the Sustainability Committee, on June 4, 2024, the Board of Supervisors (Board) directed staff to develop an ordinance amending the County building code to increase the energy efficiency standards for newly constructed residential buildings, hotels, offices, and retail buildings to meet the County's 2024 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan goals.
Health and Safety Code sections 17958.5 and 18941.5 authorize a local agency to modify the 2022 California Energy Code and establish more restrictive building standards if the local agency finds that the changes and modifications are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, topographical, or environmental conditions. California Public Resources Code section 25402.1(h)(2) further authorizes a local agency to modify the California Energy Code if the local agency finds that the proposed standards are cost-effective and the California Energy Commission (CEC) determines that the proposed standards will require...
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