Synapse: This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
Global Survey: Few Cities Have Robust Clean Energy Policies in Resilience Plans, LA 1 of 4 Rated ‘Exemplary’ in Renewable Energy Initiatives
According to ACEEE’s new global survey of 66 cities resilience plans, many cities are taking some steps to increase energy efficiency and renewable power, but only one-fifth include an extensive set of such initiatives. These initiatives can help cities, which represent about two-thirds of global energy use and emissions, mitigate the unprecedented challenges posed by climate change. Read the full report.
Los Angeles Moves Forward With EV Readiness Building Code
The LA City Council voted unanimously to update the building code to require that 30% of parking spaces in multi-family housing and commercial buildings be capable of supporting future electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). Further, 10% of the total parking spaces must have EV chargers installed. This will contribute hundreds of new charging stations each year towards Mayor Garcetti’s goal of installing 10,000 publicly available EV chargers by 2022. The new requirement took effect on January 1, 2020, along with other new codes implemented as part of California's triennial Building Code update.
Mark Your Calendars: Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Reconciliation Process Workshop
Hosted by BOMA Greater LA’s Emerging Leaders Program, this workshop will teach you new ways to save time and money by providing correct CAM information to your clients and tenants the first time. Learn how to understand the lease, review actual income and expense, find out which capital items you can pass back, and much more. The workshop will feature Angela Gomez-Jones, RPA, the SVP of Property Management at Kidder Matthews.
Listen: ‘24/7 Wind and Solar - Getting Round-the-Clock Renewables’ by The Interchange
Catch up on this week’s episode of The Interchange, GreenTech Media’s weekly podcast: A lot of companies and governments are committing to 100% renewable energy. But a target of that scope without considering time of use isn’t technically or economically optimal. So how do we get 24/7 renewables for offices, data centers, municipal buildings, cities, and eventually countries?…If we really want to make them an effective decarbonization tool, we need to match them to real-time demand.... Dr. Melissa Lott, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, joins co-host Shayle Kann for a deep dive into 24/7 renewables.
