City of Philadelphia - File #: 070521

• File #: 070521
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 5/31/2007
• In control: Joint Committees on Technology & Information Services and the Environment
• Title: Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services and City Council's Committee on the Environment to hold hearings to examine the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining LEED certification for City building projects.
• Sponsors: Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Council President Verna, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/31/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
5/31/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/31/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services and City Council's Committee on the Environment to hold hearings to examine the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining LEED certification for City building projects.
Body
WHEREAS, The U.S. Green Building Council is a community of more than 9,000 organizations from every sector of the building industry and government; and

WHEREAS, The U.S. Green Building Council has created LEED--Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design--a coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work; and

WHEREAS, LEED promotes a whole building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: (1) sustainable site development, (2) water savings, (3) energy efficiency, (4) material selection and (5) indoor environmental quality; and

WHEREAS, LEED certifications provide a road map for measuring and documenting success for every building type and phase of a building life cycle. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance; and

WHEREAS, LEED certifications are available for municipal buildings, schools, playgrounds, existing building operations and maintenance, campus building projects, commercial interiors, new commercial construction, major renovation projects and homes; and

WHEREAS, Major cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Saint Louis, Tucson, and Washington, participate in LEED; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That authority is given to the Committee on Technology and Information and the Committee on the Environment to conduct hearings to...