Does not require all-electric new construction, but incentivizes it through increased energy efficiency requirements for new buildings that use gas.
Requires heat pump water heaters or solar thermal water heating in new low-rise (below four stories) residential construction.
Incorporates the LEED Program for Homes standards, the current Green Home Designation, and the current Energy Start Certified New Home requirements, as well as any equivalent certification program.
Requires that any project that is subject to Large Project Review must be LEED certifiable.
Requires LEED certification for certain new construction and renovations.
Miami will refund a portion of development fees for LEED projects.
Revisions limit the spread of high-energy demand residential construction.
Grants developers height and density bonuses for achieving a certain number of incentive points for efficiency measures, including green roofs and achieving LEED certification.
Provides floor area ratio premiums in the downtown district for buildings that increase their energy efficiency by a minimum of 35% compared to the Minnesota energy code.
Designed to encourage low-cost all-electric new construction of healthier, safer, and zero emission buildings while making it easier to charge electric vehicles.