Community Forum to discuss green building permit Incentives,  tonight

San Mateo County will be holding a community forum to discuss a proposed amendment to the San Mateo County Building Regulations to establish a "Green Building Program" with minimum required standards as well as incentives for expedited building permit processing and building inspections.  The forum will be held at El Granada Elementary School Multi-use Room from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

A minimum standard of 50 GreenPoints, using the Build It Green Rating System, would be required for all new residential single-family and low-rise multi-family construction, 75% and 50% remodels.  Incentives would be available for new residential construction, 75% and 50% remodels of residential buildings, which voluntarily achieve 75 or more GreenPoints under the Build It GreenTM Rating System or LEED® Certification.  These incentives include a 30-day turnaround on building permit comments from County Departments.  An additional incentive would be available for those projects achieving a GreenPoint rating of 100 points or higher or LEED® certification, which would consist of guaranteed building inspections within two working days of a request.

For new commercial and industrial construction of 3,000 sq. ft. or larger, LEED® certification would be mandatory and would receive expedited building permit processing.  Achieving LEED® "Silver" certification would be voluntary and would receive guaranteed building inspections within two working days.

This item is scheduled to be considered by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at 400 County Center, Redwood City, in the Board Chambers at 9:15 a.m.

For Further Information
Please call Mike O’Connell, Assistant Building Inspector Manager at 650-599-1594 or Jim Eggemeyer, Deputy Director at 650-363-1930 or Lisa Grote, Director at 650-363-1861.