City of Milwaukee - File #: 241215

• File #: 241215
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/26/2024
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/17/2024
• Title: Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a grant agreement through the United States Department of Energy for Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Policy Development and Implementation as outlined in the Climate and Equity Plan.
• Sponsors: ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: BUILDING-REGULATION, ENERGY CONSERVATION, FEDERAL GRANTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/19/2024	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/19/2024	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/17/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
12/11/2024	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Erick Shambarger, Environmental Collaboration Office	Pass	5:0
12/10/2024	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED; Minutes note: Appearing: Erick Shambarger, ECO Pamela Ritger de la Rosa, ECO Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, 14th Ald. Dist. Nick Jiles, RMI This resolution authorizes the Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO) to accept up to $9 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) for implementation of Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards policies in the City of Milwaukee. Funding will be used to implement the City’s existing benchmarking policy and develop and implement building performance standards for large commercial buildings as described in Council file 240297. Public testimony in support: Linda Frank, Our Future Milwaukee Coalition Students from South Division High School were recognized in attendance.	Pass	4:0
11/26/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
241215
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
221233, 240297, 230995

Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC

Title
Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a grant agreement through the United States Department of Energy for Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Policy Development and Implementation as outlined in the Climate and Equity Plan.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO) to accept up to $9 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) for implementation of Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards policies in the City of Milwaukee. Funding will be used to implement the City’s existing benchmarking policy and develop and implement building performance standards for large commercial buildings as described in Council file 240297. The Milwaukee Climate and Equity Plan features “10 Big Ideas” to strategically reduce the city’s carbon footprint, one of which is Commercial Buildings Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards. This idea focuses on requiring large commercial building owners to annually track and report on their energy use and develop longer-term building performance standards to gradually reduce greenhouse gas emissions from commercial buildings. Project funding will be used to hire city programmatic staff as well as contractors that will help commercial building owners measure and report their energy use, understand the technologies to cut greenhouse gases, get connected to energy efficiency contractors and financing, and more. The funding supports three existing positions in ECO plus four new, grant-funded positions in ECO. The new Environmental Sustainability Program Manager will be responsible for ECO metrics and milestone management. One Program Coordinator will support data management and contracts associated with commercial building energy policies. One Program Coordinator will support community engagement and one new Program Coordinat...