Not too often are governing ordinance considered helpful for businesses to save money!
In San Francisco, there is currently an existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance to help maximize energy efficiency in San Francisco.
The City gives information to owners, managers, operators, and occupants with the key information to control utility costs, and to know exactly how they will benefit by improving energy efficiency. The reason is because of the energy crisis our country is facing. The city also lists achievements that the business owners can review s they can get fired up about the conservation of electricity which in turn means less to be paid on an electricity bill.
For existing nonresidential buildings 10,000 square feet and larger, the ordinance requires:
· An Actionable Plan: An energy efficiency audit identifying specific cost-effective measures that would save energy.
· A Benchmark: Track and annually summarize the energy used by the entire building.
· Transparency: Annually share a concise overview of each building's energy benchmarking results with the Department of Environment and tenants. Department of Environment will ultimately be required to make this information available to the public.
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| Sustainable Building in San Francisco |
That keeps everyone honest, the building has to disclose their progress to the public – how is that for peer pressure? Especially when the city is willing to offer resources for the business owners to utilize, who needs a Chamber of Commerce with service like that? Typically developers get up and arms about additional costs but I am sure a negative PR spin would be more detrimental.
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