City of Santa Monica Green Building Ordinance

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City of Santa Monica Green Building Ordinance

• City Council Meeting
• April 8, 2008
• Susan Munves
• Energy Green Building Program Administrator

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Summary
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Energy Efficiency Requirements
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LEED Grant Program
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Landscaping Changes

• Provide mechanism for enforcement of water
  conservation regulations during irrigation
  installation and retrofits.
• Clarify definitions (high water use, hydrozoning,
  irrigation system, landscaping)
• No sprinkler irrigation within 18 inches of
  hardscape
• Maximum precipitation rate of 0.75 inches / hour
• 20 turfgrass limitation

• Installation costs the same as a traditional
  system
• Annual Savings
• 50,000 gallons of water
• 400 pounds of yard waste
• 60 hours of maintenance labor
• 200 in water/sewer alone

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Landscaping Changes

• Enforcement
• New Construction Plan Check / Permit process,
  Demonstration of Irrigation system operation
• Retrofits irrigation system work requires
  plumbing permit
• Enforcement based on permanent irrigation system,
  not plantings
• Planting changes may be difficult to enforce, but
  as long as permanent irrigation system standards
  are enforced, water conservation benefits are
  still significant (e.g. hand watering)
• Mechanism addresses both Efficiency (irrigation
  performance) and Total Use (planting irrigation
  needs).

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Examples
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Examples
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Examples
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Examples
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CD Waste proposal

• Broad changes remain 65 diversion, exclude
  inerts
• No Change proposed for New Construction
• Changes only proposed for Demo-only permits
• No minimum trigger (current 1000 sf)
• Security 1 per square foot
• Small Demo projects not a high value, but
  they create lots of waste