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| | 1. | | Minute taker for this meeting. Following info to be recorded:
• Call to order time.
• Roll call
• Actions (with votes) if appropriate (including approval of prior meeting minutes)
• Appearances
• Adjournment time
Minutes note: 1) Minute taker for this meeting, Linda Frank. Following info to be recorded:
• Call to order time, 10:05
• Roll call (21 attendees) - Pamela Ritger, chair; Glen Radford, Kevin Kane, Ted Wilinski, Anne White, Erick Shambarger, Dan Kalkman, Linda Frank, Jermaine Alexander, Jill McClellan, Kathleen Ellis, Michael Olen, Renee Clair, Rock Ridolfi, , Victor Nino, Ted Kraig, Korinne Haeffel; Jennifer Evans, Cara Walls
• Guest: Tara Brown, Institute for Market Transformation, IMT, speaker
• Visitor: Irene
• Actions (with votes) if appropriate (including approval of prior meeting minutes)
• Appearances
• Adjournment time
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| | 2. | | Approve minutes from 6.23.21 Green Buildings Work Group meeting.
Minutes note: On motion of White and no objections, the minutes were approved. | | | |
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| | 3. | | Presentation from the Institute for Market Transformation on Commercial Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards.
Minutes note: Benchmarking is critical because 30% of building energy is wasted and only 2% in improvements are typically occurring; Indianapolis passed benchmarking last month, Columbus 1 ½ years ago; benchmarking info is put into a system that provides nationwide comparison; this is critical for seeing the issue; wasted energy is wasted money; transparency is a key component; provides info for potential tenants to consider and info for utilities and municipalities to consider in developing programs; start by creating a task force of stakeholders to discuss policy considerations; City or community members can initiate the process; City staff usually leads the task force; an outside person might come on as a facilitator; after policy is passed, task force can address implementation; the utility is critical to providing necessary energy data; building data such as ownership and management must be gathered and kept up to date; one person per 1000 buildings is needed for running the system; $20,000 estimate of cost for setup for managing the system in house; consultant is another option; Building Performance Standards, BPS, can be set, to apply during a retrofit or remodel; this is a good policy to go hand in hand with benchmarking; see NYC as a model; includes decarbonization; Colorado and Boston have recently passed such policies; certain performance metrics are recommended; trajectory approach is recommended – long-term goals and interim standards; Community Priorities Policy Toolkit is available
Discussion – Benchmarking comes first; gather a few years of data in order to set a policy goal for BPS; opposition that has been raised includes worry about an extra administrative burden, need for services and support – make sure this is built into the system; worries about being shamed, but this has not played out in terms of tenants leaving when the energy data comes out; Step One is to state Benchmarking as a priority for the City; next, assign it to the right leader, i.e. to the commission, to lead feedback sessions; see Columbus example with different topics for each session; advisory group does not have to give a thumbs up or down but gives input; can propose how the policy will be developed; ask for feedback; start putting together the advisory group; have a question for them to answer; City of Madison attempted to pass a benchmarking ordinance some 5 years ago and it failed; address the fear that more requirements in Milwaukee will lead to fleeing to the suburbs; find out what the failures were in Madison; propose 3-5 meetings to develop a policy, then take feedback on the policy; identify a champion from Common Council from the beginning; consider metrics and other considerations that can be a starting point – speaker will send these; usually 1-2% annual improvement is the goal; use a comparable city for a policy and performance model; model ordinance is available; the momentum is growing across the country; slides, considerations, will be shared
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| | 4. | | Review/discuss community feedback and public events.
Minutes note: Shambarger reported that the mayor’s ARPA proposal, first phase, includes funding for weatherization of households in qualified census tracts; to be taken up by the Common Council in September; major investment in housing expected; lead abatement, weatherization, health, asthma all to be incorporated into a program; Green and Healthy Homes of Baltimore participated in recent meetings; they submitted a proposal; SDC is also interested, and Dept. of State; the energy efficiency program can be discussed in more depth at next meeting per Ritger, along with edited version of Green Box (In Rem); Medicaid funding can be pursued in relation to asthma risks; National Renewable Energy sent a report on heat pumps – see it in the Drive
Events – Passive Housing theme for an event - Shambarger suggests high level public events that address all of the TF proposals and later events that go into detail on specific proposals; Shambarger suggests the timing should be based on when we have details on what the buildings would look like and answers to specific questions that residents are expected to raise; this might be in September; Residential Retrofits – possible tour of a home to be weatherized, such as with ME2; video crew was to submit a proposal but they need the scope from Shambarger; show what an energy audit looks like; Kane has a suggested resident with successful weatherization in Sherman Park; Garden Homes are being gut rehabbed by 30th Street Corridor and could provide a subject to be highlighted for an event; landlord roundtable has been suggested in discussion with Kane and Celanese; Evans pointd to an immediate need for the Green Buildings WG to submit questions for the public to be placed on our Social Pinpoint webpage; Ritger will send draft questions by email to the WG; see Overview and Planning grid in Education/Outreach folder; consider technical questions and subjective questions; Ritger will start a list of potential stakeholders for Benchmarking and upload it to the
Shared Drive
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| | 5. | | Discuss Green and Healthy Homes Initiative.
Minutes note: See above. | | | |
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| | 6. | | Review updates on draft policy and project recommendations.
Minutes note: Tabled to next meeting on August 18 | | | |
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| | 7. | | Suggestions of future meeting agenda items.
Minutes note: Alexander notes that workforce development must go hand in hand with the initiatives so that a workforce is available. | | | |
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| | 8. | | Adjourn.
Minutes note: Adjourn at 11:29 am
Minutes provided by Pam Ritger. | | | |
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