A UPI story reports that Boston officials have announced plans to require stricter building standards to promote energy efficiency.If adopted Boston will be the first in the nation with green building requirements.
The standards would mandate that new buildings meet requirements involving efficient heating and cooling, use of recycled materials, separation and disposal of waste and energy efficient walls and glass. Out of 70 design areas, 26 would have to meet green standards.
The standards would not be as strict as LEEDS standards, it will use similar certification requirements, just not as strict.
The building lobby will no doubt claim that this will drive folks out of the city. Of course, so will a city that cannot be kept habitable with an affordable energy budget.
Would even LEEDS be sufficient to make buildings suitable until the next major remodel, say 50 years? I'm not sure exactly where the state of the art is, but it may be time to set the floor just barely below it.
Posted by: Engineer-Poet | December 26, 2006 at 10:56 AM
I question the inclusion of recycled materials in energy efficiency standards.
Standards for energy used in the operation of the building I can understand, since there is a potential market failure in builders passing on inflated operating costs to the buyer (due to imperfect sharing of information). But energy used in making the building materials is already fully reflected in their cost, so there should be no such imperfection there.
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