| Incentive Type: | Energy Standards for Public Buildings | ||
| Eligible Efficiency Technologies: | Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building, Custom/Others pending approval | ||
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: | Passive Solar Space Heat, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Daylighting, Small Hydroelectric | ||
| Applicable Sectors: | Local Government, Institutional | ||
| Goal: | Gold LEED certification standards for new public buildings | ||
| Web Site: | http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/greenbuilding | ||
| Authority 1: | Scottsdale Resolution 6644 | ||
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| Summary: In 2005, Scottsdale approved a green building policy for new city buildings and remodels. The resolution requires all new, occupied city buildings of any size to be designed, contracted and built to achieve certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program at the “Gold” certification level as long as there is a pay back period of no more than five years for projects designed to the Gold Standard. Where the payback is anticipated to be more than five years, city staff recommends to the City Council which level of LEED certification is appropriate. In addition, all renovations and non-occupied city buildings will be designed, contracted and built to include as many principles of both the LEED program and the city’s green building program as feasible. *The USGBC LEED Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Click here for more information on the national LEED program. |
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