Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Amending various portions of Section 29.40 of the Madison General Ordinances to update language and requirements of the Building Energy Savings Code.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance makes several changes to the Building Energy Savings Code. Other than some non-substantive formatting and editing changes that are being made, this ordinance clarifies that the base building system, the subject of a building tune-up, includes the building envelope, but not a building conveying system. This ordinance also corrects an omission that occurred when the Substitute for File No. 75280, the ordinance creating Section 29.40, the Building Energy Savings Code, was prepared. During the committee process, numerous changes were made to the proposed language, include altering the energy benchmarking requirement deadline back from March 31 to June 30 each year. That change was not made to the benchmarking reporting requirements in Section 29.40(3)(b)2, which omission is being corrected here. In addition, the deadline to request an extension of the benchmarking reporting deadline is being extended from 60 to 90 days to better align with various notices that will be issued under the program. Of note, this ordinance will push back the building tune-up requirements by one year, to 2026 for covered buildings over 100,000 square feet and to 2027 for covered buildings between 50,000 and 99,999 square feet. Also, new buildings will be subject to the tune-up requirements one year after receiving a certificate of occupancy, rather than after three years. Finally, the tune-up specialist qualification list is being updated based upon current and updated certification standards.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 5 entitled “Reporting” of Subdivision (b) entitled “Requirement for Energy Benchmarking an...
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