Building Code Board of Appeals Minutes 2008 04 17

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Building Code Board of Appeals Minutes March 20, 2008 Page 4 of 5 Anna Goodrich added that the "Leeds program has both energy efficiency and built green components. Denver is talking of a mandatory Leeds program. Leeds is becoming the benchmark." Mark Persichetti said that he was contacted by the mayor and city council to come up with something for North End Subdivision. He said that LRCAB recommended the city adopt a green points program like Longmont because it should be consistent with other municipalities. He said their rationale was to 1. Bring greater energy efficiency to residential structures. 2. Reduction in job material waste. (recycling of materials) 3. Water efficiency. He said that a program like this would be like getting "extra credit" over and above the standard building code requirements. Bill Eckert said "but there is always a cost". Mike Jones added that the council budget for 2008 has nothing to implement this type of plan. However if the 2009 budget includes support then we can do this in the future. We are a different demographic than Boulder or Longmont. We are looking for something we can do now, that won't necessarily cost the city to implement. Adam Stenftenagel " I want to leave you with this one thing, that both the City of Boulder and Boulder County's plans are not final products. They adopted them before they were done. They have so many problems inherent in their programs. I suggest you talk to a consultant like myself to see if this will work or not? Bob Van Pelt said there are a lot of contradictions in all of this. Need to help them (council) understand the complexities of these programs. Mike Jones - "Yes we need to educate the council. I will create or re-do the spread sheet comparing all of these programs." Bob Van Pelt -Council needs to give us some direction on which way they want to go. Do they want to go with an energy efficient program or rather a green plan? We can do a lot of different things. What are the resources for what can be implemented? Peter Geise added that most builders like Markel are already building "green" and already meet the HERS program of 85% or more. We need to concentrate of what to do about "remodels" and commercial. Matt Berry added that we at least need direction of what will be most effective. What's the right way to go? If we had a goal or direction? Ron Losasso agreed "we need a budget, a means to implement or enforce it".