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File #: 209154    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 10/23/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/24/2019 Final action: 12/12/2019
Enactment date: 10/24/2019 Enactment #: 209154
Title: That the Director of Sustainability and Environment and the Director of SPCD plan to incentivize property owners to use clean ways of cooking and heating, since buildings are the greatest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Sponsors: Katjana Ballantyne

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That the Director of Sustainability and Environment and the Director of SPCD plan to incentivize property owners to use clean ways of cooking and heating, since buildings are the greatest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

 

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That the Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment and the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (Housing) discuss plans to incentivize property owners to use clean ways of cooking, electrification of heating, e.g. heat pumps as buildings use the most energy and are the greatest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (GhG).  Incentive policies should be developed to help our residents in order to have major GhG reduction by 2050, as outlined in Somerville Climate Forward.