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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project City of San Leandro Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration November 2018 3.0-38 Legislation Description California Building Energy Efficiency Standards In general, the California Building Energy Efficiency Standards require the design of building shells and building components to conserve energy. The California Energy Commission adopted changes to the 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards contained in the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6 (also known as the California Energy Code). The 2016 update to the standards focuses on several key areas to improve the energy efficiency of newly constructed buildings and additions and alterations to existing buildings. The most significant efficiency improvements to the residential standards include improvements for attics, walls, water heating, and lighting. New efficiency requirements for elevators and direct digital controls are included in the nonresidential standards. The 2016 standards also include changes made throughout all of its sections to improve the clarity, consistency, and readability of the regulatory language. The 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards are 28 percent more efficient than previous standards for residential construction and 5 percent better for nonresidential construction. Energy-efficient buildings require less electricity, and increased energy efficiency reduces fossil fuel consumption and decreases GHG emissions. Applicability to the project: The project is new construction that is required to comply with the most current energy standards at the time of construction. California Green Building Standards The California Green Building Standards Code (California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 11), commonly referred to as the CALGreen Code, is a statewide mandatory construction code that was developed and adopted by the California Building Standards Commission and the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The CALGreen standards require new residential and commercial buildings to comply with mandatory measures under the topics of planning and design, energy efficiency, water efficiency/conservation, material conservation and resource efficiency, and environmental quality. CALGreen also includes voluntary tiers and measures that local governments may adopt that encourage or require additional measures in the five green building topics. The most recent update to the CALGreen Code went into effect January 1, 2017. Applicability to the project: The project is new construction that is required to comply with the most current CALGreen regulations at the time of construction. Notes: a. Senate Bill 375 is codified at Government Code Sections 65080, 65400, 65583, 65584.01, 65584.02, 65584.04, 65587, 65588, 14522.1, 14522.2, and 65080.01, as well as at Public Resources Code Sections 21061.3 and 21159.28 and Chapter 4.2. California Executive Orders In addition to the legislation identified in Table 3.7-2, two Executive Orders—California Executive Order S-03-05 (2005) and California Executive Order B-30-15 (2015)—highlight GHG emissions reduction targets. Specifically, Executive Order S-03-05 seeks to achieve a reduction of GHG emissions of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, and Executive Order B-30-15 seeks to achieve a reduction of GHG emissions of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The Executive Orders are not laws but they provide the governor’s direction to state agencies in their actions to reinforce existing laws. For instance, as a result of the AB 32 legislation, the State’s 2020 reduction target is backed by the adopted first Scoping Plan, which provides a specific regulatory framework of requirements for achieving the 2020 reduction target; and, as a result of the SB 32 legislation, the State’s 2030 reduction target is backed by the 2017 Scoping Plan, which provides a specific regulatory framework of requirements for achieving the 2030 reduction target. The State-led GHG reduction measures identified in Table 3.7-2, such as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the Renewables Portfolio Standard, are largely driven by the first Scoping Plan. Executive Order S-03-05 does not have any such framework and therefore has no specific emissions reduction mechanisms for the 2050 reduction target.