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<br />New Brighton Energy Action Plan 22 <br />Strategy 4: Update city code, building policies and ordinances to ensure energy efficiency in existing <br />buildings, new construction and retrofits/renovations <br />City policy can boost energy efficiency actions by making them easier to complete and requiring <br />standards when projects are funded through taxpayer dollars. Reviewing existing policies for barriers <br />and creating new policies where needed can help achieve energy efficiency goals. <br /> <br />Desired Outcomes: <br />Form new relationships between City departments and policy decision makers and increase energy <br />efficiency education for City staff and elected officials. Create new energy efficiency policies in <br />housing and building areas. <br /> <br />Actions: <br />4a <br />Create a new construction efficiency program <br />information packet to share before code and permitting <br />processes <br />Partners in Energy and the City will lead <br />this effort alongside the permitting <br />team <br />4b Create a building benchmarking program for large <br />commercial and municipal buildings <br />The City will look to other benchmarking <br />programs and benchmarking experts to <br />develop a program for New Brighton <br />4c Create a sustainable building policy that requires City- <br />funded construction to meet energy efficiency standards <br />The City will look to other existing city <br />policies and best practices to adapt and <br />adopt <br />Timeline: Near-term (1–6 Months) <br /> <br />Other considerations/partnerships/funding opportunities for this strategy: <br />Potential partners for guidance and templates for ordinances include Ramsey County, Center for <br />Energy and Environment, and the Cities of Edina, St. Louis Park and Bloomington who have existing <br />policies. <br />