Edwin M. Lee Mayor

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Municipal Green Building Task Force Meeting

DRAFT Minutes March 9, 2016

Appointed Members: Present:

Amanda Dougherty, SFPUC Water Bill Worthen*, Public Member, Urban Fabrick Joshua Ollinger for Cyndy Comerford*, SF Department of Public Health Claudia Gorham for John Updike*, Real Estate Division Jessica Perez*, Public Works Landscape Architecture Magdalena Ryor*, Public Works Project Management Mark Palmer*, Chair, SF Environment Mark Rudnicki, SF Municipal Transportation Agency May Chan*, Public Works/Infrastructure Design & Construction

Melina Markarian*, Public Works /Building Design & Construction

Mohsin Shaikh*, SF Department of Building Inspection

Rachel Kraai, SFPUC Wastewater

Rich Berman, SF Port

Roberto Lombardi*, SF Public Library

Absent:

Derrick Homer*, SF International Airport

Matt Jasmin*, SF Recreation and Park

Nishad Joshi, Capital Planning

*LEED Accredited

In addition there were attendees representing SFPUC Power, SFMTA, SF Port, SF Environment, Stok, NAM, Paladino & Co. and

Ambient Energy.

1. Introductions. New member: Rich Berman is the new representative from SF Port, taking over for Wendy Proctor. Many thanks

to Wendy for her 6 years of service on the Task Force.

2. Minutes: The meeting minutes from February 10, 2016 were adopted as written.

3. Announcements:

•••• Fire Station #36 has achieved LEED v3 IDC Gold certification. SF municipal LEED certified projects total 5.8 million

square feet.

•••• LEED v3 Energy Update: Projects registering for LEED v3 on or after April 8, 2016 will be subject to new minimum energy

efficiency threshold: For new construction, this amounts to an 8% efficiency increase above the previous 10% requirement

beyond ASHRAE 90.1-2007.

•••• NYC-owned buildings are now required to achieve LEED v4 Gold certification and 50% energy use reduction compared to

ASHRAE 90.1-2013 for new construction and major alteration projects.

•••• Water Conservation Showcase, March 22, Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard St.

http://www.usgbc-ncc.org/water2016 4. Waiver Requests: The Waiver Request for Balboa Park Recreation Center has been postponed pending further analysis of LEED

prerequisite EAp2 Minimum Energy Performance.

5. Presentation: Kacia Brockman of SF Environment presented Solar plus Storage for Resilience, a Federal DOE grant-funded

study to analyze opportunities and promote energy resilience at key city facilities.

6. Old Business:

• SF Environment Code Chapter 7 LEED v4 amendment draft: Updated Stormwater Management Requirements from

SFPUC. Possible requirements for natural gas reduction/elimination and solar plus energy storage for resilience.

• Better Roofs policy update—citywide legislation introduced on 2/21 requiring solar to be installed on 15% “solar-ready”

roof portion required by Title-24.

7. New Business: None

8. Public Comment: A member of the public commented on living conditions at “The Sanctuary”, a facility owned and operated by

Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco http://ecs-sf.org/index.html