Green Building Requirements
On August 4, 2008, Mayor Newsom signed a groundbreaking ordinance that imposed green building requirements on newly constructed residential and commercial buildings, and renovations to existing buildings. The ordinance specifically requires newly constructed commercial buildings over 5,000 sq ft, all new residential buildings, and renovations to areas over 25,000 sq ft in existing buildings that are undergoing major structural upgrades and mechanical, electrical or plumbing upgrades to be subject to an unprecedented level of green building requirements. For more specific details, please click here for the Green Building Administrative Bulletin, AB-093.
The following documents, excerpted from Admin Bulletin 093, are provided for your convenience in documenting compliance with the requirements of Chapter 13C of the San Francisco Building Code.
For projects applying the LEED Rating System:
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LEED checklists - which may be completed and pasted into the Green Building Submittal Template for LEED projects:
The template above is designed for submittal documents at 24" x 36". To submit project documents at any other size (11" x 17" or greater), you will need to develop your own layout, which may extend beyond a single sheet. To develop your own layout, please make sure to incorporate the LEED checklist as discussed in the Administrative Bulletin, and to include the "Requirements" and "Verification" forms,which may be pasted from this document:
For projects applying GreenPoint Rated:
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- Example of green building submittal template with GreenPoint Rated checklist inserted (Attachment B-3) (pdf)
- To obtain the GreenPoints checklist: As of January 1, 2010, a GreenPoint Rater is required for all new residential projects (with the exception of projects opting to use LEED.) The GreenPoint Rater will provide the checklist for purposes of submittal.
- To obtain a GreenPoints checklist for personal use, go to: http://www.builditgreen.org
- To obtain a LEED checklist - including LEED for Homes - refer to the “Projects Applying the LEED Rating System” section above.To obtain the GreenPoint Rated Checklist, go to: http://www.builditgreen.org
The template above is designed for submittal documents at 24" x 36". To submit project documents at any other size (11" x 17" or greater), you will need to develop your own layout, which may extend beyond a single sheet. To develop your own layout, please make sure to incorporate the GreenPoint Rated checklist as discussed in the Administrative Bulletin, and to include the "Requirements" and "Verification" forms, which may be pasted from this document:
