{"id":896014,"date":"2019-06-13T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=896014"},"modified":"2019-06-13T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:12:27","slug":"green-building-ordinances-enacted-florida-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/green-building-ordinances-enacted-florida-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sustainability Ordinances for Construction Enacted in Florida and Colorado Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joshua Atlas | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saul.com\/blogs\/construction-industry-counselor\/new-sustainability-ordinances-construction-enacted-florida-and\">Construction Industry Counselor<\/a> | June 6, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of St. Petersburg, Florida is one of the latest municipalities to incorporate the concepts of sustainable construction, sometimes referred to as &#8220;green building&#8221;, into the requirements of their municipal code.&nbsp; On April 26, 2019, the City adopted Ordinance No. 359-H; which requires City-owned buildings over 5,000 square feet, which are either existing and being substantially modified or are being newly constructed, to achieve a rating of LEED Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new ordinance makes clear that the purpose of adopting the sustainability requirement is to uphold the City&#8217;s responsibility to lead by example. The City is focusing on its goals of becoming a more sustainable community by pressing the conservation of resources, a reduction of waste, and increased energy and water efficiency for its own facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new ordinance also applies to City-funded municipal infrastructure projects exceeding $2,000,000.&nbsp; For these projects, the work must achieve a Gold rating under the Envision program, a sustainable construction framework developed by the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure.&nbsp; While compliance with the sustainability requirements is not mandatory for non-qualifying municipal projects (or private projects), the ordinance furthers the City&#8217;s overall goals by also requiring that&nbsp;<em><strong>all&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>City construction projects implement LEED or Envision principles even if certification is not required.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Denver also recently enacted a revised, stricter sustainability ordinance.&nbsp; It requires property owners to use a &#8220;green roof&#8221; design to incorporate either reflective roof surfaces, solar panels or green space\/vegetative roofs.&nbsp; Subject to a few exemptions, the Denver ordinance applies to all new construction and renovations of buildings larger than 25,000 square feet.&nbsp; The stated purpose of the Denver ordinance is to reduce the &#8220;heat island&#8221; effect associated with urban environments, which are prone to capturing and retaining solar heat.&nbsp; In a suburban or rural environment this heat gain is reduced by the presence of larger areas of plant life and vegetation.&nbsp; If not feasible for a certain project, the Denver ordinance also gives property owners the alternative of either obtaining a LEED Gold certification for the entire project, purchasing off-site renewable energy credits or paying an additional per-square-foot development fee.&nbsp; The fee revenue would be invested in other municipal projects to advance the City&#8217;s sustainability goals.&nbsp; Denver became the second U.S. city to enact a green roof requirement after San Francisco passed a similar ordinance in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Atlas | Construction Industry Counselor | June 6, 2019 The City of St. Petersburg, Florida is one of the latest municipalities to incorporate the concepts of sustainable construction, sometimes referred to as &#8220;green building&#8221;, into the requirements of their municipal code.&nbsp; 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