CITY-COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY Ald. Nik Kovac and Marcelia Nicholson, Co-Chairs Pam Fendt, Linda Frank, Julie Kerksick, Ted Kraig, Janet Meissner Pritchard, Supreme Moore Omokunde, Pamela Ritger, Erick Shambarger, and Rafael Smith Staff Assistant: Linda Elmer, lelmer@milwaukee.gov, 414-286-2231 Legislative Liason: Luke Knapp, luke.knapp@milwaukee.gov, 414-286-8637 Google documents for this body can be found at : http://bit.ly/CCTFCEE Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:00 AM Virtual Green Buildings Work Group Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87156655349?pwd=Vi9tbStvL0ZqRGJGSFVrZUhIcXdEdz09 Meeting ID: 871 5665 5349 Passcode: 622331 One tap mobile +13126266799,,87156655349# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,87156655349# US (New York) Meeting convened: 10:05 A.M. Present, 31, (including guests and visitors): Pam Ritger (chair), Linda Frank, Keane?, Rob Zimmerman, Anne White, Cara Walls, Celaneese Landon, Glen Radford, Gordie Bennett, Jill McClellan, Joseph Peletis, Kathleen Ellis, Kevin Kane (left 11:17), Korinne Haeffel, Michael Olen, Nathan Jurowski, Rob Zimmerman, Victor Nino, Yvonne McCaskill, Akira Mabon, Jennifer Evans, Donna Mrugula, Ted Kraig, Jermaine Alexander, Amanda (MREA), Renee, Maithilee Kanthi (11:10?) Absent: Dan Kalkman, Elizabeth Hittman, Mariela Paz, Mo Zell, Patricia Sumnicht, Rock Ridolfi Guest Erick Shambarger (project manager) Larry Hoffman Visitor Ashley Norris, Amber Joshway City of Milwaukee Page 1 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 17, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY 1. Minute taker for this meeting. Following info to be recorded: • Call to order time. • Roll call • Actions (with votes) if appropriate (including approval of prior meeting minutes) • Appearances • Adjournment time 2. Approve meeting minutes from March 3rd meeting. No objections; minutes approved 3. Overview of Green Buildings recs from the State of Wisconsin Climate Change Task Force. Pam presented on Evers’ Climate task force Update commercial and residential building energy codes; we can advocate for this Focus on Energy - % of revenue set aside by utilities per state law to assist Homeowners with efficiency and renewables; doubling of funding Support load management – incentives to reduce consumer energy demand Low-cost debt financing like PACE commercially; City of Milwaukee PACE ordinance, now considering expansion to brownfield development Encourage utilities to provide on-bill financing – payment for upgrades over time through the energy bill 4. Highlight opportunity to support energy efficiency and other climate and energy priorities in Governor Evers’ 2021-23 Biennial Budget. Pam presented briefly on this current opportunity 5. Continue discussing existing and add policy/project ideas in Break-Out Rooms for Commercial Buildings, Residential Retrofits and Residential New Housing Strategies. Pam advised members to start identifying emerging themes in break outs Erick announced that a public platform was launched last night WG members are invited to participate and to invite their contacts to participate Move to break out rooms Commercial, residential, residential retrofit 1. Attendees: Victor Nino, Rock Rodolfi, Donna (last name?), Renee Clair, Anne White, Korinee Haeffel, Kathleen Ellis (?), Nathan Jurowski, Ashley (last name?), Jill McClellan 2. Worked through all the policy ideas! 3. Energy Code Adoption (2021 IECC without lenient amendments) a. Process is happening now b. 4 council members are ready to be replaced (2 with fire credentials, 2 with arch/eng credentials) i. No current members have energy expertise c. This has a large impact d. WI has tended to not make things mandatory City of Milwaukee Page 2 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 17, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY e. Who can we suggest, how do we get them on the council? i. Korrine looking into candidates ii. Pam looking into candidates iii. Who is going to contact governor’s office, when? f. (Erick) can we be writing resolutions while the code is being considered to not miss a window? 4. How do other programs interplay (what can we use, are there new goals to define?) a. Better building Challenge (MKE participated with ~no measurable energy use reduction) i. 20% energy reduction ii. ~135 buildings participated iii. Free energy audits and bench marking iv. No follow up beyond that due to no incentive, flaw in the program, v. How do we build in the next phases of the program, revamp/expand? b. Mandate LEED c. Living Building Challenge d. Net zero goals 5. Process to achieve any energy use goals a. (Mandatory) Benchmarking b. Implement low/no cost solutions i. Streamline permitting (this is not a great incentive here) ii. Permitting discount iii. Water/sewer discounts c. Implement costly solutions i. This depends on funding ii. Double focus on energy funding iii. Pace funding iv. Rebates v. Tax credits vi. Energy user fees (Low energy user credits) vii. Shared funding viii. TIF (EV chargers required in Oconomowoc) ix. d. Audits e. Retro commissioning 6. Education a. Provide utility data to tenants b. Make benchmarking public c. Smart registers (i need to learn about this) d. MPS/NEXT program e. Life cycle cost of a building f. Research what HVAC options exist on a commercial scale, heat pumps 7. Other topics a. Deconstruction b. Switching off natural gas c. Mandate energy generation for new buildings d. Covid: how does this affect our plan? 8. Next time: a. Bring candidates for code adoption council b. Work through project ideas c. Energy generation d. Energy consumption e. Freedom in smaller jurisdictions City of Milwaukee Page 3 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 17, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY f. Building reuse g. Define, organize fed, state, local funding, gov and private funding Minutes from New Housing Strategy Breakout Room Need to do new housing within the context of anti-displacement efforts 2. Need to keep the mechanical systems simple so they last over time. Prioritize good insulation 3. Michael Olen who manages the City’s deconstruction program will write a proposal about how deconstruction material could be utilized in new construction 4. Need for citizen engagement and marketing the houses to our intended audience. 5. Discussion about need to think about housing within the context of making whole neighborhoods more desirable and climate resilient 6. Possibility of setting up some kind of escrow fund for new homeowners so they can pay to maintain systems down the road. Minutes from Residential Retrofits Breakout Room Around the Work Group to hear what people are interested in: Rob: A more accessible way to get an independent energy audit. A standard energy audit is often done with the Home Energy Score and Building Performance Institute framework. Jermaine: Most interested in facilitating residential retrofits. Gordie: Improve Energy Efficiency and make renewable energy more accessible. Ted: creating a large-scale energy efficiency program with union jobs – already federal funding available through the Dept. of Energy - $400 Million. Larry: assist people with energy efficiency who can’t afford a loan – access through government funds. Also, look at who has accessed the Me2 program, and how can make it accessible to more people. Amanda: Opportunities for schools to get more energy efficient – but those with the highest energy burdens have the least time to dedicate to making upgrades. Yvonne: Doing more listening today. Celaneese: Also doing more listening. Jennifer: interested in developing a specific program for targeted areas with a high energy burden. Celaneese provided info on the current weatherization program: • Due to needed repairs (roof, foundation, clutter, vermin, other issues) the deferral rate (homes that can’t be weatherized) is 44%. SDC sends out 13,000 applications, about 10% are returned, of those 44% are deferred. They have a goal of weatherizing 690 units this year. • Funding is increasingly limited for weatherization. Can’t always replace furnaces, many homes need water heaters replaced, unless SIR is over 1, cannot weatherize the home/unit. • Celaneese will provide a presentation at a future meeting. Kevin: talked about on-bill financing opportunity. Will provide a presentation at a future meeting, as well. Gordie: will do research into the units available for weatherizing/energy efficiency, other data. 6. Report-out from Break-Out room discussions. New Buildings, by Erick City of Milwaukee Page 4 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 17, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY Michael Olen will report on deconstruction material Address gentrification Net zer and passive housing – make sure it meets the needs in the neighborhoods Incentives for purchase and maintenance Citizen engagement – overcome perception of what passive housing is and who it’s for Residential retrofits, by Gordie Need and funding for retrofits Celaneese of SDC identified needs that the program is not able to meet; will present next time Kevin Kane advised us on on bill financing and possibility of designing it through the water utility Commercial buildings, by Jill McClellan Adopt a new code; new council membership coming in and may be approached by TF; Korinne Haeffel points out that there is a gap in code expertise that needs to be filled with the new appointments; Pam offers to collaborate with Jill and Korinne on this Erick points out that the task force can move on timely issues like the above even while we are working through our planning Existing programs, benchmarking highlighted as first step Kevin, left at 11:17 Living Building, Better Building Challenge programs 7. Future meeting agenda items. Pam will determine whether anticipated presentations will be given in break outs or the full group Erick has energy burden info Electrification in housing should be addressed; new housing group needs to give this some thought, pros and cons; Ted says that a fossil fuel installation will last for about 25 years; Anne White says commercial has identified a problem that the technology may not be ready for use in commercial buildings in WI winters Glen Radford raises the changes that the Covid experience may have; will new habits be continued in terms of building occupancy Pam asked us to identify ideas that are rising to the top. 8. Adjourn. Meeting adjourned: 11:32 A.M. Minutes provided by Pam Ritger. City of Milwaukee Page 5