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From YouTube: Committee on the Environment 11-16-2021
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The Committee on the Environment of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 10:00 AM to hear testimony on the following item:
210862 An Ordinance amending Section 17 111, entitled “Energy Efficiency and Environmental Design in Construction of Buildings,” to update requirements and make technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
B
Thank
you
good
morning
before
we
begin
the
public
hearing,
I
will
make
the
following
announcement.
Due
to
the
continuing
threat
to
public
health
from
covet
19
and
the
delta
variant
city
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
meetings
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how
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B
I
now
note
that
the
hour
has
come
eliza.
Will
you
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present
when
your
name
is
called
also,
please
say
a
few
brief
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you
speak.
A
A
B
Am
present,
thank
you.
A
quorum
of
the
committee
is
present
and
this
hearing
is
now
called
to
order.
This
is
the
public
hearing
of
the
committee
on
the
environment
on
bill
number
210862
eliza.
Before
you
read
the
title
of
the
bill.
I
also
like
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
our
colleague
council
member
alan
dahm.
A
B
You
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today.
Everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded,
because
the
hearing
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
B
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose
before
I
actualize
it
to
call
the
the
first
panel
for
a
bill
number
210862.
B
We
all
know,
colleagues,
that
the
built
environment
industry
make
up
72
percent
of
philadelphia's
carbon
emissions
and
in
2017
the
office
of
sustainability,
released
the
municipal
energy
master
plan,
which
laid
out
the
following
goals.
A
one
was
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
city
operations
by
50
by
2030..
B
The
second
was
to
reduce
city
operations,
energy
use
by
20
by
2030
and
generate
or
purchase
100
of
all
electricity
for
city
operations,
from
renewable
resources
by
2030
and
4,
maintain
or
reduce
the
city's
operational
cost
of
energy
city
council
passed.
The
original
municipal
lead,
which
is
leadership
in
energy
and
environmental
design.
Ordinance
in
2009
life,
is
so
full
circle,
because
the
lead
bill
was
one
of
the
very
first
bills.
B
This
bill,
this
updated
municipal,
lead
ordinance,
would
make
three
main
changes
to
the
current
requirement.
First,
it
would
shift
the
responsibility
and
management
for
this
requirement
from
the
department
of
planning
to
the
office
of
sustainability.
You
have
to
remember
back
in
2009
when
this
legislation
was
first
passed.
Our
office
of
sustainability
was
not
a
permanent
part
of
city
government.
At
that
time.
B
Until
council,
member
blondel
reynolds
brown
introduced
the
charter
change,
which
was
then
approved
by
the
voters
to
make
a
permanent
office
of
sustainability
here
in
our
city
and
with
its
energy
office
division
overseeing
the
implementation
of
the
municipal
energy
master
plan.
Many
of
the
project
teams
have
looked
to
the
office
of
sustainability
for
guidance
to
comply
with
the
lead
ordinance.
A
second.
This
bill
would
update
the
required
certification
level
from
leeds
silver
to
lead
gold.
The
2018
international
construction
code
is
aligned
with
lee
silver
level
building
requirements.
B
A
B
B
C
Good
morning,
chair,
gilmore
richardson
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
christine
knapp.
I
serve
as
the
director
of
the
office
of
sustainability
for
the
city
of
philadelphia,
I'm
here
to
testify
this
morning
in
support
of
bill
number
210862,
which
updates
the
city's
leadership
and
energy
and
environmental
design
or
lead
requirement
for
city-owned
buildings.
C
The
office
of
sustainability
is
responsible
for
implementing
greenworks
the
city's
sustainability
framework,
which
includes
work
around
food
and
drinking
water,
air
quality,
energy,
climate
change,
natural
resources,
transportation,
waste
and
sustainable
stewardship
and
economic
opportunities.
In
the
face
of
the
ongoing
climate
crisis,
mayor
kenny
has
committed
philadelphia
to
achieving
carbon
neutrality
by
2050.
in
philadelphia.
As
you
noted,
councilwoman
72
of
our
carbon
emissions
come
from
the
built
environment.
So
in
order
to
achieve
our
carbon
neutrality
goal,
we
must
use
every
tool
at
our
disposal
to
reduce
energy
use
in
buildings.
C
The
city
is
committed
to
leading
by
example.
The
municipal
energy
master
plan
sets
out
goals
to
reduce
energy
use
by
20
percent,
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
50
and
moved
to
100,
clean
electricity
in
municipal
operations
by
all
by
2030
and
while
maintaining
or
reducing
our
costs
in
2009
city
council
had
the
foresight
to
pass
legislation
requiring
that
new
or
major
renovations
of
city
buildings
should
aim
to
achieve
a
silver
level
rating
based
on
the
lead
rating
system.
C
The
goal
was
to
help
ensure
municipal
buildings
became
more
energy,
efficient
and
sustainable
when
investments
are
being
made,
and
while
this
bill
was
a
major
step
forward
at
the
time.
12
years
later,
we
recognized
that
to
meet
our
new
and
more
ambitious
energy
and
climate
goals.
We
must
go
further.
In
fact,
we
know
we
can
challenge
our
buildings
to
go
further
in
2018
the
berry
playground
project
achieved
lead
gold,
certification
and
just
last
week
we
confirmed
that
the
police
district
2
project
also
achieved
leed
gold
certification
status
as
well.
C
That's
why
we
want
to
update
this
ordinance.
Most
importantly,
this
update
would
require
the
gold
level
lead
rate
rating
to
reflect
our
increased
ambition
of
the
city,
achieving
carbon
neutrality.
The
update
also
assigns
responsibility
to
our
office
of
sustainability
for
updating
the
regulations
that
support
the
implementation
of
this
legislation.
C
D
Thank
you
good
morning,
chairman
gilmore
richardson
and
the
rest
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
leanne
harvey.
I'm
the
programs
and
policy
director
at
green
building
united
and
today,
I'm
representing
green
building
united
to
express
our
support
of
the
proposed
bill
bill
210862
amending
the
philadelphia
code
to
advance
municipally
owned
building
standards.
Beyond
the
current
code,
last
winter,
mayor
kenny
announced
the
city's
commitment
to
achieve
carbon
neutrality
by
2050.
D
D
As
a
non-profit
organization
that
promotes
sustainability
in
the
built
environment,
we
support
legislation
to
grow,
philadelphia's,
clean
energy
economy,
improve
building
performance,
lower
costs,
benefit
public
health
and
address
the
climate
crisis.
The
architects
engineers,
builders,
product
manufacturers,
building
owners
and
managers
and
other
professionals
in
the
green
building
united
community
support.
D
It's
clear
that
the
previous
ordinance,
suggesting
silver
level
lead
be
achieved
without
verification
was
not
resulting
in
the
expected
targets.
These
amendments
require
that
a
gold
level
lead
rating
be
verified
through
formal
certification
of
the
building
standard.
This
improvement
and
certification
level
will
maintain
momentum
towards
improving
the
building
stock
in
philadelphia
through
leveraging
reputable
sustainability
building
programs.
D
D
B
No
thank
you
leanne,
christina
liam
beau.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
for
all
of
your
work
before
we
address
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
and
fellow
members
of
this
committee
christine
I
just
had
one
question
for
you:
we've
received
some
feedback
since
we
introduced
this
legislation
that
we
need
to
implement
a
higher
standard
for
our
city
buildings,
and
you
know
our
building
stock
in
the
age
of
our
building
stock
in
our
city
compared
to
other
large
municipalities.
C
Sure,
thank
you.
I
would
say
that
the
this
is
setting
a
a
floor
and
not
a
ceiling.
So,
as
I
noted,
we've
already
achieved
lead
gold
and
things,
despite
only
needing
to
achieve
lead
silver.
So
I
think
this
is
just
raising
the
floor
up
to
a
minimum
standard
that
we
know
is,
you
know,
increasing
the
ambition,
but
it's
it's
achievable,
and
that
does
not
prohibit
us
from
going
even
further
and
going
beyond
that
floor
for
projects
where
we
think
we
can
do
that,
and
we
want
to
do
that
and
we
can.
C
We
can
do
it.
So
I
think
we
you
know,
want
to
keep
increasing
our
ambition
and
raising
up
that
floor
as
appropriate.
Every
so
often-
and
you
know,
I
think,
we'll
also
like
to
pilot
things
out
and
test
them
and
see
how
they
work
before
making
it
mandated
so
showing
that
we
could
do
lean
gold
in
some
buildings
now
means
we
can
make
legal
this
before.
C
If
we
can
do
a
net
zero
building
in
the
future,
if
we
can,
you
know
sort
of
demonstrate
that
buildings
can
do
something
more
ambitious,
go
further
and
show
that
it
worked
so
that
it
was
cost-effective
so
that
we
can
maintain
it.
Then
we
can
kind
of
go
even
further
from
there.
So
I
would
say
this
is
both
not
the
the
floor,
not
the
ceiling,
but
also
that
not
the
end
right.
We
want
to
keep
updating
and
get
more
ambitious
as
we
go
along.
B
No
thank
you
so
much
for
that
response.
It's
just
another
positive
step
in
the
right
direction
for
philadelphia.
So
I
agree
with
you
and
couldn't
agree
more
with
your
response.
So
thank
you
very,
very
much
and
leanne.
You
mentioned
that
the
city
needs
to
ensure
a
proper
implementation
through
resources
and
education.
B
So
could
you
just
briefly
share
with
us
for
the
record
how
gbu
has
been
involved
in
that
work
previously
and
what
you
think
additional
education
or
resources
will
be
most
important
to
ensure
a
successful
implementation
of
this
legislation
and,
of
course,
before
you
answer
that
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
alex
dews
who
used
to
work
with
us
in
the
office
of
sustainability,
and
in
fact,
alex
was
an
intern
in
city
council
years
ago.
It's
a
little
known
fact
and
he
was
at
gbu.
D
B
Great
well,
that's
excellent.
Once
again,
christine
knapp,
our
director
of
the
office
of
sustainability
and
our
partner,
I
have
to
say
christine
you're
on
the
local
government
advisory
committee
with
us
and
I'm
so
excited
about
that
with
the
uscpa
and
leanne
harvey
from
green
building.
United.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
and
thank
you
for
your
testimony
before
you
depart
colleagues
and
members
of
the
committee.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
for
these
witnesses.
E
E
However,
this
bill
would
not
bring
philadelphia
to
the
level
of
best
practices
of
other
american
cities
or
even
to
the
carbon
reduction
goals
of
philadelphia's
climate
action,
playbook
signed
by
mayor
kenny
earlier
this
year.
The
timeline
on
page
15
of
this
playbook
calls
for
sourcing
percent
clean
energy
for
municipal
operations
by
twenty
thirty.
E
E
E
Miss
sahini,
you
uphold
city
council's
clean
energy
goals.
This
bill
needs
to
include
a
requirement
that
all
future
municipal
buildings
be
all
electric
pittsburgh.
Seattle,
san
francisco,
los
angeles
and
other
cities,
have
already
enacted
legislation
requiring
that
new
municipal
buildings
operate
without
fossil
fuels.
E
E
E
B
Thank
you.
I
thank
you
so
much,
mr
heaney
and
thank
you
very
very
much
for
your
testimony
know
that
we
are
continuing
to
take
much
needed
steps
towards
a
cleaner,
greener
philadelphia.
So,
thank
you
very
very
much
before
we
recognize
anyone
else
who
may
have
signed
up
for
public
testimony
for
the
record.
Katie
bartoloda
vice
president
of
policy
and
strategic
partnerships
at
philadelphia,
energy
authority
did
submit
testimony
for
the
record.
B
B
We
will
now
convene
the
public
meeting
eliza.
Will
you
please
call
the
role
to
take
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present
when
your
name
is
called
also,
please
say
a
few
brief
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you
speak.
B
A
B
A
B
Thank
you.
It
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded.
The
motion
was
seconded
by
council
member
gim
that
bill
number
210
862
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
further
move
that
the
rules
the
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
at
the
next
session
of
council.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
I.