Notice of Business Meeting to
Consider Adoption of
AB 2160 Green Building Report

The California Energy Commission will hold a regularly scheduled business meeting on:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
10 a.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor, Hearing Room A
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)

Audio from this meeting will be broadcast over the Internet.

For details, please go to www.energy.ca.gov/webcast

Purpose

As part of the January 30, 2008, business meeting, the California Energy Commission will consider adoption of the staff report AB 2160 Green Building Report. If adopted, the report will become a Commission report and will be submitted to the Governor's Green Action Team as directed by Assembly Bill 2160 (Lieu, Statutes of 2006). The final draft version of the report will be posted to the Energy Commission's website: [www.energy.ca.gov/greenbuilding/ab2160/documents/] and is available in hard copy from the Energy Commission by request.

Background

In September 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 2160 into law. AB 2160 directs the Energy Commission to consult with the state Department of General Services (DGS) and the Treasurer's office to identify and develop financing and project delivery mechanisms to promote energy and resource efficient (green building) projects in state buildings. These mechanisms must include the use of a life cycle cost analysis model developed by DGS and must minimize the use of General Fund money. AB 2160 also directs the Energy Commission to consult with the same entities and the commercial real estate industry to identify obstacles to, and to identify and recommend incentives for, private sector commercial green building projects. The AB 2160 Green Building Report, contains the findings from these efforts.

Comments

The Energy Commission invites comments on the report. The report will be posted at:

www.energy.ca.gov/greenbuilding/ab2160/documents/

Please submit written comments by noon on January 29, 2008, by electronic mail or in hard copy to:

Deborah Godfrey
California Energy Commission
1516 9th Street, MS-42
Sacramento, California 95814
[dgodfrey@energy.state.ca.us]

Please include your name, organization's name, and contact information and provide electronic comments in either Microsoft Word format or as a portable document (PDF). Comments and other information related to the AB 2160 report will be posted to [www.energy.ca.gov/greenbuilding/ab2160/documents] or, for those without internet access, copies are available by request, please contact Angelica Ramos at (916) 654-4147.

Interested persons may also comment at the business meeting.

Public Participation

The Energy Commission's Public Adviser's Office provides the public assistance in participating in Energy Commission activities. For more information on how to participate in this meeting, please contact the Public Adviser's Office at (916) 654-4489 or toll free at (800) 822-6228, by FAX at (916) 654-4493, or by e-mail at [pao@energy.state.ca.us]. If you have a disability and require assistance to participate, please contact Lou Quiroz at (916) 654-5146 at least five days in advance.

Please direct all news media inquiries to Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive Director, at (916) 654-4989, or by e-mail at [mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us].

For technical questions on the subject matter, please contact Elaine Hebert at [ehebert@energy.state.ca.us] or (916) 654-4800.

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