Berkeley Deep Green Building
a proposal incentivizing 21st Century building practices
to achieve the City of Berkeley's Climate Action and resiliency goals
In 2016, the Zero Net Energy Working Group held a Symposium in Berkeley with many of the key players in the Bay Area energy efficiency community attending. It was a tremendous success.
Following the Symposium, a small group of inspired, local community energy efficiency and building experts, and many national experts, convened to move ZNE forward in Berkeley.
Our incentive based plan, unanimously approved by the Berkeley City Council in March 2017, will provide Berkeley one of the most progressive, green and responsible sourcing plans in the United States.
The plan includes: ZNE, the energy efficiency of the building once built; embodied energy, in the materials and building processes; and, toxics, limiting exposure to people producing, installing, living/working and maintaining the buildings.
Berkeley has a great opportunity to lead the state in adopting rigorous building standards more in line with the California Energy Commission's recommendation that all homes built in California from 2020 onward meet zero net energy efficiency standards.
Following the Symposium, a small group of inspired, local community energy efficiency and building experts, and many national experts, convened to move ZNE forward in Berkeley.
Our incentive based plan, unanimously approved by the Berkeley City Council in March 2017, will provide Berkeley one of the most progressive, green and responsible sourcing plans in the United States.
The plan includes: ZNE, the energy efficiency of the building once built; embodied energy, in the materials and building processes; and, toxics, limiting exposure to people producing, installing, living/working and maintaining the buildings.
Berkeley has a great opportunity to lead the state in adopting rigorous building standards more in line with the California Energy Commission's recommendation that all homes built in California from 2020 onward meet zero net energy efficiency standards.