San Jose California adopts strong green building standards
On October 7, 2008, Mayor Chuck Reed and the San Jose City Council followed the lead of San Francisco and Los Angeles in conceptually approving strong green building standards for private sector development in California’s second largest city, implementing a good portion of the City’s 2007 “Green Vision” policy.
San Jose’s new ordinance requires commercial and industrial buildings exceeding 25,000 sq.ft. to meet LEED Silver certification standards of the U.S. Green Building Council. Residential developments of 10 or more units, or high-rises above 75 feet tall, must meet basic LEED certification standards. Residential developments of 10 or more units can also opt to achieve instead at least 50 points on the GreenPoint rating system. By 2012, the threshold for commercial buildings drops to 10,000 sq.ft. and residential units must achieve LEED Silver certification. According to one news story, the requirements take effect January 1, 2009, but will not apply to projects already “in the pipeline” until July 1, 2009.
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