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According to the Air Resources Board, about a quarter of California’s (human-induced) greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings–or what planners like to call the “built environment.”<\/p>\n

My colleague Peter Jon Shuler was at today’s meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission<\/a> in San Francisco, when it rolled out its master plan for energy-efficient buildings throughout the state. Peter’s notes:
\nThe California Public Utilities Commission has taken the first steps in an innovative plan to eventually get all new construction in the state down to zero net energy<\/a> use.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the PUC adopted what it\u2019s calling the Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan<\/a>.\u00a0 More than 500 individuals and organizations came together to craft the ambitious plan \u2013 designed to save energy while growing the state\u2019s population and economy.\u00a0 It\u2019s still a little fuzzy on the details of how all this will happen.<\/p>\n

The plan includes what it calls its four Big Bold strategies:<\/p>\n

\u2022 All new residential construction in California will be zero net energy by 2020;
\n\u2022 All new commercial construction in California will be zero net energy by 2030;
\n\u2022 The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry will be reshaped to ensure optimal equipment performance; and
\n\u2022 All eligible low-income homes will be energy efficient by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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