City of Arcata adopts energy efficiency ordinance, for new residential construction

Arcata, Ca., (KIEM) The City of Arcata adopts a new local Energy Efficiency Ordinance also referred to as a Reach Code.

The new construction ordinance requires newly constructed low-rise residential buildings to surpass minimum compliance requirement using energy efficient measure only or a combination of energy efficiency measures and the Photovoltaic Compliance Credit.

By encouraging new low-rise buildings, the city hopes Arcata’s greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and more aligned with the state’s Global Warming Solution Act, which requires California to cut gas emissions to 1990 levels by the next two years, 2020.

The full version of the ordinance can be viewed at cityofarcata.org.