Green Building Requirements Becoming Mandatory

The San Francisco Building Inspections Commission voted in favor on enacting new green building requirements. The requirements would require almost all commercial buildings (those bigger than 5,000 square feet) to comply with LEED standards. In addition, residential structures exceeding 75 feet in height and other buildings in excess of 25,000 square feet must also comply with LEED standards.

The new guidelines will need to be signed into law by the Mayor, but he has indicated that if they are passed by the Board he would do so. It should be noted that the new building requirements would not be fully implemented until 2012.

These requirements will likely become codified in more and more cities over the next several years.

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