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Sustainable City Progress Report
Housing
Green Housing
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INDICATOR
New Green housing as a percentage of the total new housing
DESCRIPTION
This indicator original conception looked at the percent of new and substantially rehabilitated housing that complies with Green Building Ordinance #1995 as a percentage of the total new and rehabilitated housing. The target was to have an increasing trend.
However, this ordinance was superceded this year by Ordinance 2261, (updating SM 8.108 ), which was passed in April 2008 and amended the City green building codes to require all new single-family and multi-family residences under four stories to submit a LEED for Homes checklist, a GreenPoint Rated checklist, or a Santa Monica green building checklist. The ordinance requires all other new buildings to submit a LEED for New Construction checklist. The ordinance also provides expedited permitting for new projects registered with LEED for New Construction, LEED for Homes, and LEED for Core and Shell.
This ordinance was passed to expand the other green building ordinances in place. Specifically,
- City Council adopted an ordinance in 2000 requiring all new city projects to achieve LEED Silver certification, which is in some cases relevant to housing development.
- In April 2004, the city launched the Santa Monica Green Building LEED Grant Program that provides a financial incentive for private developers who achieve LEED certification.
- In August 2005, the city passed an ordinance allowing LEED registered projects to receive expedited permitting. This includes all LEED for New Construction, Homes, Core and Shell.
Taken together, these should ordinances should ensure that all of the new housing built in the city is green building compliant.
The ordinance went into effect in May 2008. The next update of this indicator should demonstrate its effectiveness.
LAST UPDATED
As currently configured, data to support this indicator is not available. Once the new ordinance is in place, better metrics can be developed to reflect the intent of this indicator. |
Last updated: Monday, 05/17/2010
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