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Chapter 4: Building Energy Use Strategies
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The community’s task is to reduce conventional energy use in every existing Berkeley home, business and institution through high-quality energy efficiency retrofits and a greater reliance on renewable energy such as solar:
- Strive to achieve zero net energy performance in new construction by 2020
- Enhance and lower the cost of energy efficiency services and standards for existing residential and non-residential buildings
- Develop a local, clean, decentralized renewable energy supply to meet a larger portion of the community’s energy needs
- Continue to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public buildings
- Prepare local residents for job opportunities in the emerging green economy
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