This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
Los Angeles Launches Initiative to Remove Fossil Fuels from Buildings
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilmembers Paul Koretz, Paul Krekorian, and Nithya Raman, in partnership with the Leap LA Coalition and the RePower LA Coalition, announced the legislative launch of a community engagement process that will bring forward the elements of the City’s building decarbonization policy.
A Landmark Year for Building Electrification
As the climate, health, and financial imperative to eliminate fossil fuels from buildings becomes more urgent, states and cities across the country are stepping up to tackle this challenging sector. This year was an exciting one for the effort to electrify buildings in the United States, from city building codes and appliance regulations all the way up to federal government commitments.
Healthy, Clean Energy Buildings Take Center Stage in 2021
Clean and healthy buildings surged forward as a policy priority in 2021. Buildings—our homes and places of work—are responsible for a quarter of the U.S.’s climate-busting greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing building systems that burn fossil fuels on-site with appliances powered by clean electricity is a key strategy to combat the climate crisis. As policymakers recognized how important our homes and places of work will be to meeting climate goals, communities across the country saw unprecedented policy action and market growth in the right direction: clean, healthy, affordable homes for all.
Executive Order on Federal Sustainability
President Biden's Executive Order on catalyzing American clean energy industries and jobs through Federal sustainability and accompanying Federal Sustainability Plan (collectively referred to as "The Federal Sustainability Plan") sets out a range of ambitious goals to deliver an emissions reduction pathway consistent with President Biden's goal of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emission by 50–52 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as the science demands.
To Build or Not to Build?
The architecture community gives itself a lot of awards, and the biggest of all is the Pritzker Prize. This "Nobel for designers," established in 1979 by the founders of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, rewards an architect with $100,000 for "significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture." Each spring, the announcement of the Pritzker Laureate is highly anticipated because of what it signals about the state of the profession.
LABBC’s Midnight Mission Holiday Drive
This holiday season, the LABBC challenges you to chose hope for the holidays by donating to The Midnight Mission. Each year, each day, and each hour, The Midnight Mission is delivering life-changing services to Los Angeles community members who are currently experiencing homelessness and providing a pathway to self-sufficiency.
In exchange for your donation, the LABBC offers you a chance to win a memorable experience donated by one of our esteemed staff or partners.
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