The intent of this Article is to:
(a) implement recommendations of the 2009 Climate Protection Plan (EEC-2), 2013 Commercial Building Energy Efficiency study (Chapter 3.2), and support efforts of the Office of Sustainability to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the private sector and County buildings;
(b) engage the commercial and multi-family residential building sector with building energy information crucial to adopting energy conservation and efficiency opportunities;
(c) spur market transformation by making building performance transparent for the building and tenant market, allowing more accurate evaluation of energy costs and creating a competitive market for energy efficient buildings;
(d) strengthen the local economy by encouraging more efficient business operations and providing new opportunities for local businesses that provide energy conservation and efficiency services;
(e) recognize building owners that have made investments to improve their building energy performance and expand in-house capacity for energy management; and
(f) improve the energy performance of covered buildings through established building energy performance standards, therefore, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment and helping the County achieve its climate action goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. (2015 L.M.C., ch. 51, § 1; 2022 L.M.C., ch. 13, §1.)