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City of San Leandro 14143-14273 Washington Avenue Warehouse Project 54 summarizes the petroleum fuel consumption for Alameda County, in which the project site would be located, as compared to statewide consumption. Table 12 2020 Annual Gasoline and Diesel Consumption Fuel Type Alameda County (millions of gallons) California (millions of gallons) Proportion of Statewide Consumption1 Gasoline 492 13,818 3.5% Diesel 53 1,883 2.8% 1 For reference, the population of Alameda County (1,651,979 persons) is approximately 4.2 percent of the population of California (39,185,605 persons) (California Department of Finance 2022). Source: CEC 2021c Energy consumption is directly related to environmental quality in that the consumption of nonrenewable energy resources releases criteria air pollutant and GHG emissions into the atmosphere. The environmental impacts of air pollutant and GHG emissions associated with the project’s energy consumption are discussed in detail in Section 3, Air Quality, and Section 8, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, respectively. Regulatory Setting Title 24, California Code of Regulations (CCR) CCR, Title 24, Part 6, is California’s Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Non-Residential Buildings. The CEC established Title 24 in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to create uniform building codes to reduce California’s energy consumption and provide energy efficiency standards for residential and nonresidential buildings. The standards are updated on an approximately three-year cycle to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new efficient technologies and methods. In 2019, the CEC updated Title 24 standards with more stringent requirements effective January 1, 2020. All buildings for which an application for a building permit is submitted on or after January 1, 2020 must follow the 2019 standards. The 2022 update was adopted August 11, 2021 and goes into effect January 1, 2023. Energy efficient buildings require less electricity; therefore, increased energy efficiency reduces fossil fuel consumption and decreases GHG emissions. The building efficiency standards are enforced through the local plan check and building permit process. Local government agencies may adopt and enforce additional energy standards for new buildings as reasonably necessary due to local climatologic, geologic, or topographic conditions, provided that these standards exceed those provided in Title 24. Part 6 (Building Energy Efficiency Standards) Part 6 of Title 24 contains the 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for new residential and CCR Title 24, Part 6 is the Building Energy Efficiency Standards or California Energy Code. This code, originally enacted in 1978, establishes energy-efficiency standards for residential and non- residential buildings in order to reduce California’s energy demand. New construction and major renovations must demonstrate their compliance with the current Energy Code through submittal and approval of a Title 24 Compliance Report to the local building permit review authority and the California Energy Commission (CEC). The most current standards are the 2019 Title 24 standards. The 2019 Standards focus on four key areas: 1) smart residential photovoltaic systems; 2) updated thermal envelope standards (preventing heat transfer from the interior to exterior and vice versa);