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f~ <br />These discussions led to tfte following staff recommendations for the referenced <br />fiscal years: <br />FY 2.00$ ! 2449 <br />• Begin incentive >,ased voluntary aampliance with a `Green Building' <br />prdgrarri far residential ar~d camrnercial constructipn. <br />+ Provide `greenbuiiding' and energy s#af; grant funded educational <br />programs for builders and homeowners. <br />+ Expand lnspectiot~s, Current Planning and ErOSion Control web pages <br />to promote green building and energy star programs. <br />FY 2009 ! 20'IU <br />• Formulate plan for new construction or r~enovativn of public buil~lir~gs <br />to be Green Certified through a nationally recognized Green $uilding <br />program sucFi as Triangle J Him Per#onnancs Guidelines, Leadership <br />in Energy and ~nvironmer~tal resign ~l_EBD} or Green Globe. <br />Fiiequire >Anergy Star Certification far all private commercial ar~d <br />re5itfential construction. <br />• Prepare plarx and establish future energy ef#iciency goals and their <br />implementation. <br />Comprehensive Plan The 2030 Gvrrrpreher~sive Plan, adapted November 18, <br />2tJ08, includes the faAowing overarching BOCC Planning Principle that generally <br />supports fhe use of green building practices in tl7e C,aurtity: Bt7CC Planning <br />Principle 3a - "Enc~ouragetnent of energy effiiciency, lower energy consumption, <br />and the use of non-pollu~ng renewable energy resources°. In addition, <br />Qbjectives included in the Pian provide specific mention of green building <br />standards for publicly owned and rnsrtaged buildings and identifies tE~e need to <br />explore green building standards for private development. Items such as the <br />County's }~referenca for deconstruction over demolition, use of ~E~Q "Gold° (or <br />equivalent} standards, ans~ the need to educate staff on preferreef tecF~r~olagies <br />and techniques are also menfianed. <br />Creep Buitdirsg ~'ro~ram_ Pr~~sal <br />The lVatiortal Association of Horne suaders, in conjunction ~~rith 64 otE~er <br />stakeholders, including the lryternational Code Council ~ICC}, released a Working <br />[]raft of its National Green Buiirling Standards on March 22, 2447. 'his is the <br />first and Drily true consensus }~assd si~ndard for residential green b+~ilding, it will <br />alsrs Ise the first to be a~redited by the American National Standards Institute <br />(ANSI). The projected publish date is early May 2409, pending ANSI review. <br />anca pui}lished, the standard can be adopter! by Eaca! jurisdictions, which wilt tit <br />within the 1CC Building CodesT whicP~ is the foundation of tl~e ~farth Carolina <br />State Building Cades_ <br />