Citywide weatherization of apartment units may soon become a reality for Burlington tenants.
Burlington City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that would require city landlords to insulate their rental units on Monday night.
Under the city s revamped energy efficiency standards, property managers would be mandated to address weatherization through air sealing, upgrading heating systems, replacing draft windows and doors, or insulating walls and attics in their properties.
The ordinance comes as an effort to meet Burlington s Net Zero Energy by 2030 goal as well as address high utility costs for city renters.
According to the Vermont Department of Health, weatherization reduces energy cost and usage, improves housing conditions, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and increases resilience to climate change impacts.
In 2019, Kāinga Ora pledged to build houses above the minimums set by the Building Code, choosing the NZ Green Building Council’s rating tool and aiming for Homestar 6 (or “good” on the 10-point scale). Shaw said the extra costs to meet this standard for new social housing had been less than first expected. “This comes as no surprise to me, but it’s been a lot cheaper to introduce that standard universally across all new builds than people were saying at first… It’s not going to take much to then leap-frog to one of the highest possible standards,” he added.
In 2013, architect Michael Green recorded a TED talk entitled “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” To date, it’s been viewed more than 1.3 million times and translated into 31 languages. “For many viewers, the idea of a massive building made of wood was a bizarre paradigm shift,” notes blog DesignMilk. “For Green, whose Michael […]
Both tenants and investors are increasingly focusing on office building’s carbon footprints when considering new deals.
As the push to become carbon neutral accelerates globally, there is increasing pressure on office building owners to implement changes to accommodate those goals, including by making their buildings more energy efficient, using sustainable building materials, reducing waste and improving water systems. Some 105 big companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Unilever, and BlackRock among others, have pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040, with additional firms promising to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. More than 100 countries, including the U.S., have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050.
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