County Releases Draft of Design for Retrofit Program

Just a Few Hurdles In This Design

Sonoma County, along with its Consultants from BKi, release their Draft Design Document.  It's a lot to take in!


Draft Design Retrofit Program Click here to get the full design program document.


Take a look at this if you'd like to see how complicated this enterprise is getting.  Just a sample below; mostly it's all text so having a picture is a good thing.

Boulder Landlords Tackle New City Planned Mandates

Horton, BARHA ED, Delivers Sober Message to Council

Executive Director of the BAHRA, Sheila Horton, last Wednesday, May 19, 2010, delivered some strong messages to the Boulder City Council.  Horton and her members are who is intent on protecting landlords. (As much as 50% of Boulder's housing stock is thought to be owned by investors / landlords.)


I spoke to Ms. Horton, by phone, on May 27: she was quite busy getting ready for the next round of fighting.  Putting on her gloves, as it were.  


She also had quite a lineup of supporters at the City meeting to counter the "other guys:" members of the Green Building Industry and Tenants.  

"At $1,500 to $2,000 per unit, these landlords can't afford to spend that kind of money on a retrofit that, frankly, may not deliver the results that are predicted," says Horton.  


"I can see why the Green Building industry is lining up: there's a lot of money to be made with all of these potential retrofits..." added Horton.


The original impetus for some of this brouhaha came out of a piece published in the Wall Street Journal article, written by former LA Times writer Stephanie Simon back in February 2010.


Boulder's "Daily Camera" barked back with claims of negativity towards Simon's writing.  In her piece,   Laura Snider cited a prejudiced slant in the WSJ article.  

Jonathan Koehn, Boulder's regional sustainability coordinator.

Big Assumptions Affect BPER Market

How Will These Assumptions Play Out?

Lots of assumptions -- that have already been made but not tested -- will affect the BPER market rollout.

The Big Picture: What Are We All After?

Click on the picture to see the whole thing.

A Few Pictures of the Current Situation