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Home My Public Portal AboutLocal Settings Page 1 of 4 From: Scott Terrell [Scottterrell@tdpud.org] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:23 AM To: Johnston, Bob; Denyelle Nishimori; Greg Jones; Jeffrey C. Bender Cc: Eli Meyer; Robert Mowris & Associates; Scott Shelton EIT; Stephen R. Witek; bgreen38@sbcglobal.net; Tony Lashbrook Subject: RE: Santa Barbara Leads The Nation- fwd: from Scott Hi Bob, My interest here is to make our community a better place to live and work! Truckee is a role model for many great programs and activities already, but we can continue to get better. Our economy will suffer if we can not get the building community to build very energy-efficient buildings. Either the moderate income and below families will suffer with large energy bills and little expendable or discretionary income or the higher income people will continue to take over Truckee as they can afford high energy bills. It really is in the builder’s best interest to get on board with green building. If they don’t they will get left behind and lose work and income in the end. They need to start building their green building “resumes” now. I am also concerned with the slowing building and impact on the Town coffers. The Town is not really in a position to put money into a green building incentive program; what are people thinking? I think the builders should see green building as a way to improve the quality and marketability of their buildings, especially in a slow growth period. I also think we should look at trying to create a Green Building program that actually brings income to the Town! I think we could create a program where Town staff is trained to perform several levels of work to help the builders go green and make top quality buildings. Redding’s builders are gun ho on green building and they are supposedly selling like hotcakes; not in Truckee. We need a meeting with the building industry to find a win-win situation for the builder’s, green building, the community and the Town of Truckee. Scott From: Johnston, Bob [mailto:rajohnston@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:04 AM To: Scott Terrell; Denyelle Nishimori; Greg Jones; Jeffrey C. Bender Cc: Eli Meyer; Robert Mowris & Associates; Scott Shelton EIT; Stephen R. Witek; bgreen38@sbcglobal.net; Tony Lashbrook Subject: RE: Santa Barbara Leads The Nation- fwd: from Scott Scott, Maybe something can be worked out. The builders seemed extremely worried about regulating artisanal builders of custom homes, which was a red herring, since no one had ever talked about regulating them. So, perhaps other projects can be regulated. Also, the whole thing was loaded with CATT people, with a fee required and it was held during the day, so most citizens couldn't attend. Everyone in land economics knows that regulatory costs get capitalized into the property value, due to the immobility of real property. So, project owners will all experience increased project values. This will be easier to appreciate if the PUD or Town certifies projects has likely to have lower energy costs. Truckee is a strong case for this outcome, as it has no competitors. There are three regulatory levels: file://C:\Documents and Settings\skuhlemier.TOWN\Local Settings\Temporary Internet F...11/01/2007 Page 2 of 4 1. Large projects with EIRs. The Commission and Council must, by law, require the assessment of GHGs. AB 32 makes GHGs clearly an env. problem in Calif. We must also require mitigation "where feasible." So, this means stricter energy standards up to least life-cycle costs, I believe. This is approximately at LEED Gold for commercial. So, we need to convince the staff to put GHGs into the Town CEQA Checklist. Staff has not complied with my request on this. 2. Other large projects that go to the Commission. I think we need an interim Town Council policy on these. The GP Policy Action LU-A-1.1 seems to require regulation to meet community standards of sustainability. The wording is mandatory. I believe AB 32 makes us have a standard of reducing GHGs 30% in 2020 and the related Gov's Exec. Order says 80% in 2050. The 2020 standard for GHGs seems to require us to make projects much more energy efficient. Due to the ruckus raised by CATT, I think the Council needs to adopt an interim policy. The GB committee is very conservative and was given a narrow charge by the Council. Why I do not know. Staff seems to have focused on one weak policy and ignored the mandatory one. 3. Other building app's. Require they fill out the LEED or GB forms. I believe I heard the CATT people and others say this was OK. Overall, the CATT/SiGBA workshop set policy development on this issue way back, due to the anti-regulation speakers exaggerating my suggested policy and then attacking it with a mess of global arguments and fear- mongering. No evidence was given for any of their arguments. I was really depressed the next day. I asked who had actually read the LEED new constuction guidebook and there were very few hands raised. I get to raise all this again in the Scoping session for the Dev. Code review, but the whole process of raising our sustainability level in new construction has been tarred. I added Tony Lashbrook to the CC list. Bob Robert A. Johnston, Professor Emeritus Dept. of Env. Science & Policy University of California, Davis Home/Office Ph: 530 582-0700 Cellphone: 530 559-0032 Mail: 15299 Wolfgang Rd. Truckee, CA 96161 www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/johnston/index.htm From: Scott Terrell [mailto:Scottterrell@tdpud.org] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:26 AM To: Denyelle Nishimori; Greg Jones; Jeffrey C. Bender Cc: Eli Meyer; Johnston, Bob; Robert Mowris & Associates; Scott Shelton EIT; Stephen R. Witek; bgreen38@sbcglobal.net Subject: FW: Santa Barbara Leads The Nation- fwd: from Scott Hi Folks, Truckee needs to do something to get builders to exceed Title 24. At least Energy Star for homes! Some cities are getting way ahead of us. file://C:\Documents and Settings\skuhlemier.TOWN\Local Settings\Temporary Internet F...11/01/2007 Page 3 of 4 Can’t we try to work something out with the builders? Scott From: Architecture2030 [mailto:info@architecture2030.org] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:32 PM To: Scott Terrell Subject: Santa Barbara Leads The Nation Architecture 2030 E-News Bulletin Santa Barbara Leads The Nation The City of Santa Barbara, CA, took a historic step this week by becoming the first city in the nation to adopt The 2030 Challenge for all buildings within the city limits. According to Ed Mazria, this is "a watershed moment not only for [Santa Barbara], but also for the many cities that will follow [their] lead." To view the article, click here. In another major event, the City of Richmond, VA, adopted The 2030 Challenge on October 3. "Now that Richmond has officially adopted the challenge, the plan is being presented as a model to other cities and counties throughout the state." To view the article, click here. Santa Barbara Daily Sound Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Santa Barbara boosts green building standards ERIC LINDBERG DAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER It was more than a year ago that renowned Santa Fe architect Ed Mazria came to the Marjorie Luke Theater in Santa Barbara and lectured on environmental building standards, lighting a fire under local architects, contractors, government leaders and community members. Now, with approval from a state commission a pending formality, Santa Barbara stands to mark a new chapter in green building. A glowing Santa Barbara City Council unanimously approved the Architecture 2030 Energy Ordinance today, legislation that, if approved by the California Energy Commission, will give Santa Barbara some of the most stringent environmental building standards in the state. "I think we are plowing brand new ground and we're doing it well," Councilmember Brian Barnwell said, calling Santa Barbara second to none on environmental issues. "This is a proud moment." The legislation seeks to reduce the fossil fuel standard for all new buildings in order to accomplish file://C:\Documents and Settings\skuhlemier.TOWN\Local Settings\Temporary Internet F...11/01/2007 Page 4 of 4 carbon neutrality by 2030. Speaker after speaker, all members of the Architecture 2030 Coalition, rose to the podium to applaud the new standards. Dave Davis, executive director for the Community Environmental Council, read aloud a letter from Mazria, founder of the Architecture 2030 Challenge. "You are about to take what I believe is a historic action, the first citywide implementation of the 2030 challenge," Mazria wrote. "...It will be a watershed moment, not only for your city, but many cities that take your lead." Mazria's lecture in late September 2006 sparked the imagination of many, including local architect Michael Holliday. "I think we all left there different than we came in," Holliday said. After waking up in the middle of the night and deciding the local community had to do something, he penned an e-mail entitled Sleepless in Santa Barbara, imploring friends and colleagues to take on the challenge. Councilmember Grant House also described how he left Mazria's lecture amazed. "It just opened up a whole new way of thinking about things," House said. The ordinance will enact building regulations exceeding state standards for energy use by 20 percent for low-rise residential buildings, 15 percent for high-rise residential buildings and 10 percent for nonresidential buildings, among other measures. Calling it one of the most important acts the Council has taken in recent years, Councilmember Das Williams said it is about time "we grow up as a society" and stop being a "race of spoiled children, squandering away our natural resources." Councilmember Helene Schneider also voiced her support, calling it a great day and thanking those in attendance for coming together to develop and push the ordinance."It's not every day contractors and architects come to us and say, can you make the rules a bit more stringent, please?" Schneider said. Although the Council threw all its support behind the ordinance, it will still have to be approved by the state, a process that will likely take until early 2008. After it returns to the Council for official adoption, the standards will go into effect in 30 days. Language in the ordinance also triggers an automatic review when new state building standards, currently being drafted, go into effect. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent to ScottTerrell@tdpud.org because you are subscribed to at least one of our mailing lists. 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