Tag: Air Quality Control Commission
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$2.6 billion bill for energy use upgrades to large Colorado buildings gets a second look
More than 8,000 large building owners facing a multi-billion-dollar regulatory requirement for mandatory energy savings will get another chance to convince the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission not to impose a new regulation that some say is impossible to comply with and others say would violate federal law. Regulation 28, the Building Benchmarking and Performance…
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The last time Colorado tried to implement ‘trip reduction’ plan to reduce car traffic, emissions
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In 2021, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Quality Control Commission stood poised to finalize a whole slew of regulations that would have required metro area businesses to track how their employees were getting to and from work. It was dubbed the “Employee Trip Reduction Program” and would have affected 2,764 businesses with…
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Proposed rule mandating large building electrification violates federal and state laws, says critics
A proposed statewide energy efficiency regulation that critics say could force large building owners to upgrade their heating and cooling systems could cost them as much as $3.1 billion by 2030, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. The proposed rule is being challenged by two apartment associations representing more than 350,000 apartments…
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Colorado’s new environmental rule could cost building owners, tenants more than $3 billion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 8,000 large building owners statewide face spending more than $3.1 billion by 2050 to comply with a proposed rule that seeks to reduce energy consumption now under consideration by state air pollution authorities. That estimate is based on a state economic impact analysis of the…