Description: Brisbane, CA adopted a local amendment to California’s 2016 Title 24 Building Efficiency Standards. The amendment requires installing cool roofs (reflective roofing that reduces sunlight absorbed by buildings) and solar photovoltaics (PV) or solar hot water systems in all new non-residential, residential, and mixed-use buildings or renovations exceeding 50 percent of the floor area of the pre-existing building. Cool roofs can benefit the environment by reducing local air temperatures and curbing power plant emissions by reducing the need for energy to cool buildings.
Los Angeles adopted a Cool Roof Ordinance in 2014.
Goal: California Reach Code for cool roofs and solar PV or solar hot water usage
Measurement: Percentage decrease in energy use compared to California Title 24 standards
Time to Implement:
Links:
Cool Roofs | Department of Energy
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/design/energy-efficient-home-design/cool-roofs
City of Brisbane July 12, 2017 Ordinance
http://www.brisbaneca.org/sites/default/files/Ordinance%20613_0.pdf
City of Los Angeles July 7, 2014 Ordinance
http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2014/14-0675_ord_183149.pdf
Additional Information:
A Step by Step Toolkit for Local Governments to Go Solar
https://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/resources__NSHP_Municipal_Toolkit.pdf
San Mateo Reach Code Adoption
https://www.bayrencodes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4_San-Mateo-BAYREN-presentation.pdf
For other local building code amendments, also see:
California local building code amendments (2019 code)
https://localenergycodes.com/
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