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#1 2021-02-26 11:38:51
- Tallex
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Cities Voted For Green Building Codes. Now Developers Want To End Voti
Cities Voted For Green Building Codes. Now Developers Want To End Voting.
Powerful lobbying groups are fighting to block cities from having a final say over building codes that could cut pollution and make energy bills cheaper.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/cli … 98bec8dc7d
The ballots went 3-1 in favor of mandates to ratchet up energy efficiency and require new homes and buildings to include wiring to hook up electric vehicle chargers and electric appliances.
But the triumph was short-lived. The building industry groups that have long wielded dominance over policy at the ICC soon began challenging not only the approved measures, which they called costly and unrealistic, but the members’ right to vote at all.
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