San Francisco’s Green Building Code
Requires new residential buildings to be installed with solar energy systems that meet a minimum requirement for per foot energy production.
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Lancaster CA’s building code
Requires that new buildings be outfitted with a solar energy system.
Vancouver Zero Emissions Buildings plan
Aiming to achieve zero emissions on all new construction by 2030.
New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act (2019)
A set of laws which require certain existing building roofs must be covered in green roofs or PV, and setting annual carbon emissions limits for buildings larger than 25,000 sf.
Seattle 2030 District
An interdisciplinary public-private collaborative working to create a groundbreaking high-performance building district in downtown Seattle. The district’s goals include carbon neutrality in all new construction by 2030.
Massachusetts’ Pathways to Zero Net Energy Program
A $3.5 million Department of Energy Resources (DOER) initiative to spur the development of Zero Net Energy Buildings in Massachusetts.
Oregon’s Executive Order 17-20
Calls for carbon neutral operations in new state buildings permitted after 2022, compliance with USDOE’s Zero Energy Ready standard on new residential construction by 2023, and code revisions to require that all new buildings are suitable for solar.
Washington State’s Zero Energy Code Roadmap
Guides the process of revising the State Energy Code through its revision cycles leading up to 2031, identifying how code provisions can evolve to meet the legislature’s “broader goal of building zero fossil‐fuel greenhouse gas emission homes."
Delaware’s Code for Energy Conservation
Requires the state’s Energy Officer to establish programs to promote the construction of zero net energy homes. By 2026, all new residential building construction in Delaware must be zero net energy capable.
Zero Code Project
Combines a model building energy standard with a policy approach to require the adoption of renewable energy to projects to offset designed energy use to achieve zero net energy in buildings.