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| 1 | | Cook County Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance | Ordinance | PROPOSED ORDINANCE
THE COOK COUNTY BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Part I, General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article I, In General, Section 2-8 Cook County Building Energy Benchmarking, is hereby enacted as Follows:
Section 2-8. Cook County Building Energy Benchmarking.
(a) Definitions. The following terms used in this section, shall have the meanings set forth below:
Benchmarking means to track and input a building’s energy consumption data and other relevant building information for twelve consecutive months, as required by the benchmarking tool, to quantify the building’s energy use.
Benchmarking Tool means the website-based software, commonly known as “ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,” developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative energy use of buildings nationwide. This term also applies to any successor system thereto, including any change or addition made to such tool by the United States Environmental Protection Agen | recommend for approval | Pass |
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