All right.

And it appears we've got a tonight is high performance building code study session and then the planning work program.

And it looks like we have a few folks in attendance.

So if anyone would like to make a public comment before we get started, please raise your hand.

Otherwise, I think I'm going to kick it over to you, David, to uh give us the green building presentation.

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Can you see everything okay?

Great.

Thank you.

Good evening, Planning Commission.

David Barnes here to give a presentation on the high performing building standards.

And tonight we're just going to talk about the approach for the high performing building code amendment and the performance standards that are related to it.

And I'm I'm here to answer any questions you have and receive feedback prior to taking this to public hearing.

So as you're aware, the high performing building standards were part of the planning work program.

And it was prior a prioritized task as an early implementation action of the sustainability master plan because of the magnitude of its potential magnitude of its impact.

And staff or sorry, council um instructed staff to proceed with this particular action.

So where does our direction come from?

The sustainability master plan has two goals that I've shown here.

And by 2025, 50% we're proposing 50% would be net zero energy, and by 2030.

So that would apply to any any places in the code here where we're already talking about green building incentives.

And it would also apply to any projects that would come in that large projects that council would be looking at to approve.

When we get projects like that that come in addition to energy, net zero energy requirements, many of the certification programs require reduced water usage.

And for anybody that's checked lately, but after renewable energy and the climate kind of emergency that we're in right now, water is the next big big thing, and it's a limited supply.

So what we're trying to do is try to acknowledge that some way and get people thinking about that precious resource and preserving it.

So besides the SMP goals that support that and actions, um, we um obviously have very clear comprehensive plan um direction back in 2015.

This is when these two policies were created, um, expanding our programs to contain green building certifications.

That's something that we're actually working on on a separate effort.

Um and then you know, working towards this net zero carbon, even in 2015, we were talking about that, and now tonight we're talking about that again, except we're we're looking to do something about it in a in a very um good way.

So um if you've asked yourself where are green building standards or high performing standards in the code right now, they're actually I've listed here in front of you, and it's also in your packet.

We've got them in the Hank zones.

Um you know, there um the South Kirkland Park and Ride was a perfect example of where these high performing codes um were in place.

Um that's how you know there was a trade-off there, right?

You know, and that the the council agreed to do that um as long as there was a certification um uh that related to green building standards.

Um other places uh in chapter 30 talking about like TODs, those are really good kind of projects to be uh requiring um you know some kind of uh green building or high performance standards, the Finhill Neighborhood Center zone.

Um you probably remember a couple years ago when I came to you, we actually put some language into the decision on the PUD in chapter 125.

And of course, the Kirkland Urban asked when they came in, they were asking for things.

So we had we developed standards.

And now I believe the Bridal Trails Neighborhood Center, which is in process, you're aware of is doing the same thing.

So these are not really, you know, it's not like really a new thing necessarily, but maybe some of the standards are more stringent because we need to move a little faster than we we were moving in the past.

And also some of the standards that were in the code may not be very challenging.

Um, like lead silver, for example, is not particularly challenging.

It's mentioned in the code a few places, but this this would change that.

So what is a high performance and a net zero energy building?

Um high performing building delivers a lot higher energy efficiency performance than required by existing building codes or regulations.

And oftentimes when you build a building like that, additional things come along with that, especially if you're using a holistic certification like LEED.

Um, you know, you get waste reduction, um, you know, better material use, uh, higher indoor air quality, those kinds of things.

Now, a net zero building is is you know, is a high performing building too, but it's not only got that very low energy use, but it actually produces all of its own energy on site that helps offset over a given year, like we just use an annual basis for what the building uses.

So the higher the performing building you can get to, the less you know, of the load that you need to offset.

Um excuse me.

So when would we apply the high performing standards?

Well, I just mentioned there are already a places in the code where it exists.

So probably those areas where there hasn't been development that's taking advantage of it.

We would um whenever we get through this process, and if whatever we approve, we would we would we would reference it.

So we would remove those old um uh standards and reference these new standards.

Those some of those previous examples I talked about were on the previous stage pages, Yarrow Bay Business District, we have higher standards there, Kirkland Urban, I already mentioned that.

So the the approach would be for somebody coming to the city in the future, they'd bring a proposal, staff would see it, and then they would um take that and bring it through the process and make a recommendation that we you know utilize the high performing building standards, and then that would be council's decision to side if that's what they were gonna do.

Um, but they might the um applicant may ask for things like uh you know, additional height or development capacity or whatnot.

Um, and oftentimes those things actually end up helping pay for some of the um additional costs of of creating a higher performing building.

So um, like I mentioned earlier that what we intended we would intend to do here is to create a centrally located high performing building code, for example, in chapter 115.

And instead of having 50 different references to all these different code certifications, we'll just point to it and reference it.