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For First Time, San Francisco Lands Top Spot In Clean Energy Rankings

Business Facilities

San Francisco took top honors in ACEEE's 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard, followed by Seattle; Washington, DC; Minneapolis; and Boston and New York. The post For First Time, San Francisco Lands Top Spot In Clean Energy Rankings appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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San Francisco plan would require largest commercial buildings to use 100% renewable electricity

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San Francisco recently announced a plan that would require its largest private commercial buildings to run on 100% renewable electricity. The first such requirement in the U.S. would be phased in next decade. By 2022, commercial buildings over 500,000 sf would have to meet the requirement.

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San Francisco Likely To Require All-Electric Power in New Construction

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San Francisco is on the verge of amending its building code to require new construction to use only electric power.

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City-owned buildings to go carbon-free in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles follows a growing trend of cities, including Seattle, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh, that have committed to new government building stock being all-electric or becoming 100% emissions free. The city already has 26 all-electric buildings totaling 2 million sf in development.

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San Francisco Animal Care and Control Facility

ENR Construction

Built in 1893, San Francisco’s Market Street Railway powerhouse was once the country’s largest electrical generating facility. The historic brick building that powered the city’s first streetcar has now gone to the dogs, cats and other small animals as the city’s Animal Control and Care facility.

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San Francisco Eyes PG&E Grid as Utility Preps for Fire Season

ENR Construction

San Francisco on June 4 hired a financial advisor as it considers buying distribution assets from the beleaguered utility Pacific Gas & Electric, which filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection in January as it faced more than $30 billion in liabilities stemming from 2017 and 2018 wildfires that burned many thousands of acres and destroyed thousands (..)

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Natural Gas: To Ban or Not To Ban?

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Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kansas, and Louisiana have all enacted or proposed legislation to block such bans after San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and New York have all taken action toward phasing out natural gas. Restaurant associations across the nation have raised concerns about going electric. billion and $5.9