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File #: 23-0084    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 1/10/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/12/2023 Final action: 1/31/2023
Enactment date: 1/26/2023 Enactment #: 214888
Title: Requesting the adoption of the Specialized Energy Code, 225 CMR, Sections 22 and 23, including Appendices RC and CC, in their entirety as the minimum energy code for the City.
Indexes: Mayor-Sustainability & Environment
Attachments: 1. 01.26.23 CC Specialized Energy Code
Related files: 23-0106

Agenda Summary

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Requesting the adoption of the Specialized Energy Code, 225 CMR, Sections 22 and 23, including Appendices RC and CC, in their entirety as the minimum energy code for the City.

 

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Official Text

 To the Honorable City Council:

 

I hereby request the City Council adopt the “Specialized Energy Code” as found in 225 CMR §§ 22 and 23, including Appendices RC and CC, in their entirety as the minimum energy code for the City, including future editions, amendments or modifications thereto, for the purpose of regulating the design and construction of buildings for the effective use of energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to take effect on July 1, 2023.

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor