Requires public, non-residential, and multifamily buildings to conduct energy and water audits and retrocommissioning ever five years.
Requires owners of commercial and industrial buildings to annually rate and report the energy use of their buildings and perform periodic energy assessments.
Requires both energy benchmarking and auditing. Benchmarking is required for city-owned buildings over 10,000 sf or certain classes of buildings over 25,000 sf.
Requires energy assessments at time of sale for medium, small, and single family buildings, and will phase-in all buildings by building size and year, with the exception of single family homes (1 to 4 units).
Requires that buildings report energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water use to the city using Portfolio Manager (or an equivalent tool).
These standards describe three levels of energy audits, which are frequently cited in defining the scope of a required energy audit.
Morgan Hill adopted a gas prohibition ordinance in 2019. Its gas-free commitment is similar to Berkeley’s in that it’s based on health and safety grounds, but it goes a step further by immediately impacting more buildings.
In 2019, Brisbane passed a mandatory all electric reach code for new construction. There are exemptions for cooking appliances, but the code requires pre wiring throughout the building so a transition from gas to electric in the future is possible.
Requires electrification for new residential and commercial buildings.
In November 2019, Brookline MA approved a bylaw that prohibits the installation of oil and gas heating systems in new construction beginning in 2021. It makes an exception for gas stoves. In July 2020, Massachusetts' AG blocked the ban.