Pathway 3.

Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Buildings and Industry → New Buildings

3.2.6 Improving State and Local Building Energy Codes

LPDD Recommendation: “State legislatures should follow the lead of states like California, Hawaii, and Washington in developing advanced building and energy codes that significantly reduce the energy used by new buildings”

LPDD Recommendation: “Within the authority granted to them under state law and state building code requirements, local legislative bodies should adopt advanced building and energy codes that drive down carbon use in buildings.”

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Davis CA Reach Code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Requires higher energy efficiency standards and electrification readiness in mixed fuel buildings.

San Jose’s building electrification reach code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Encourages all-electric construction by requiring any new building with gas to achieve higher energy-efficiency savings and be “electrification ready.”

Santa Monica electrification reach code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Does not require all-electric new construction, but encourages it by requiring additional energy efficiency measures for new buildings with gas.

San Mateo’s electric reach code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Does not require all-electric new construction, but incentivizes it through increased energy efficiency requirements for new buildings that use gas.

Carlsbad CA’s electrification reach code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Requires heat pump water heaters or solar thermal water heating in new low-rise (below four stories) residential construction.

Bonita Springs’ Green Building Program

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

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.

Boston’s LEED Requirements

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Requires that any project that is subject to Large Project Review must be LEED certifiable.

San Anselmo LEED Requirements

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Requires LEED certification for certain new construction and renovations.

Los Angeles’ zoning ordinances

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Revisions limit the spread of high-energy demand residential construction.

Charleston’s Zoning Ordinance

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Grants developers height and density bonuses for achieving a certain number of incentive points for efficiency measures, including green roofs and achieving LEED certification.