CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 660Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 15, 2019 An act relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 660, as introduced, Levine. Building energy efficiency standards.Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged (long term) solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California (building climate zones 1 to 16, inclusive) and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 660Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 15, 2019 An act relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 660, as introduced, Levine. Building energy efficiency standards.Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 660
Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 15, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Levine
February 15, 2019
An act relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 660, as introduced, Levine. Building energy efficiency standards.
Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged (long term) solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California (building climate zones 1 to 16, inclusive) and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged (long term) solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California (building climate zones 1 to 16, inclusive) and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged (long term) solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California (building climate zones 1 to 16, inclusive) and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commencing in 2020, to remove obstacles to selecting light-colored, cool roof materials for steep-sloped roofs and that would require the commission to consider increasing the minimum aged (long term) solar reflectance requirement for steep-sloped roofs on both new and existing nonresidential and residential buildings across California (building climate zones 1 to 16, inclusive) and for low-slope roofs on high-rise residential buildings by 2030.
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