The update described in the report
An earlier Boston City Properties report described acting Mayor Kim Janey signing an update to Boston’s Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, known as BERDO 2.0, on October 5. It placed the change within the city’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and described it as an expansion of an ordinance first enacted in 2013.
The report contrasted a 20,000-square-foot commercial-building threshold with the earlier 35,000-square-foot figure. It described expanded coverage and a longer-term emissions-reduction objective.
Reporting and reducing emissions
The account explained reporting emissions and meeting reduction benchmarks as separate responsibilities. Hospitals, laboratories and healthcare facilities featured in its discussion of building energy demands.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ American Cities Climate Challenge was identified as providing personnel, communications and technical support. Electric heating and clean-energy purchasing were approaches discussed in that earlier account.
Questions about an actual building
For a purchase or lease affected by emissions requirements, identify address, use, size and available energy or reporting records. Ask the responsible property parties which work and records need investigation.
Use current official information and appropriate professional advice to establish the rules, deadlines, exemptions and costs applying to the building. The earlier article remains historical reporting, not current compliance instructions.
Historical account: Original Boston City Properties report
