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Outdoor Air Quality: Burning Fossil Fuels in Buildings is a Big Part of California’s Ozone/PM2.5 Problem Nitrogen Oxides (NO X ) in California, 2020 forecast 102 49 tons/day 20 tons/day tons/ day Power Plants Buildings Cars 2 Source: CARB’s Standard Emission Tool Emissions Projections, 2020 forecasted data
Outdoor Air Quality: Burning Fossil Fuels in Buildings is a Big Part of California’s Ozone/PM2.5 Problem Nitrogen Oxides (NO X ) in California South Coast AQMD Ventura County APCD San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD Sacramento Metro AQMD Mojave Desert AQMD Bay Area AMQD San Diego County APCD 25 21 19 15 11 tons/ 8 tons/ tons/ 4.5 4 5 3 2 day 1 day tons/ tons/ 2 1 day tons/ tons/ tons/ tons/ tons/ day tons/ tons/ day tons/day tons/day day day day day day day day Buildings Cars 3 Source: CARB
BURNING G AS IN HO M E S RE LE AS E S M O RE NITRO G E N DIO X IDE ( NO 2 ) A N D C A R B O N M O NO X IDE ( CO ) THAN E PA ALLO W S O UTDO O RS • Causal relationship: NO 2 + short term respiratory effects • EPA has regulated NO 2 and CO outdoors for decades • LBNL—12 million Californians in homes with gas stoves are breathing levels of NO 2 that are illegal outdoors (1.7 million breathing levels of CO that would also be illegal outdoors) • Profound equity issue: higher pollution levels in older, smaller homes, which typically correlates to income/race. 4 Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
“The new data shows that natural gas , which is less polluting than coal but still a fossil fuel, has become the biggest driver of emissions growth globally in recent years.”
Gas I Ga Infrastruct cture C Costs $6,000-$15,000 $7,000 X 609 = ~5,680 families $750-$2,400 $270-$850 priced out Ev Every $1, $1,000 000 in increase in in housin ing cost price 812 pr 812 Ba Bay Area households ds out of the marke ket — NA NAHB HB, 2 , 2020
Miles of California Gas Transmission by Decade Installed, 2019 (PHMSA) 56% of CA transmission pipelines are at least 50 years old.
So….Gas is…. Fastest growing climate pollutant Leading air pollutant Raising the price of construction Expensive pipeline replacement coming
Electric systems provide heat more efficiently Natural Gas Boiler 1 therm input 0.8 therms heating Electric Resistance 1 kWh input 1 kWh heating Heater Electric Heat Pump 1 kWh input 3-4.5 kWh heating
..electric appliances have similar or lower costs than natural gas appliances..
University of California Carbon Neutral Buildings Cost Study
Electric Buildings can be … Cheaper Healthier More Climate Friendly Safer
60+ CA Local Governments Developing Zero-Emissions Codes Northern California Southern California Bay Area Central Coast City of San Luis Obispo Alameda County : Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, • • Fremont, Hayward, Oakland Santa Barbara Marin County • Santa Barbara, Goleta • Santa Clara County : Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, • Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Ventura Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Ojai, Thousand Oaks • Sunnyvale San Mateo County : Brisbane, Burlingame, East • Los Angeles Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Portola Valley, City and County of LA, Santa Monica, • Redwood City, San Mateo City and County West Hollywood, Malibu San Francisco • Sonoma County : Cloverdale, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, • San Diego Sebastopol, Sonoma, Windsor, Healdsburg Carlsbad (adopted!), Chula Vista, Encinitas, Escondido • Central Valley Sacramento, Davis • Humboldt: Arcata Mendocino: Fort Bragg, Point Arena, Willits Santa Cruz: City of Santa Cruz * Have staff and/or Council exploring a 2019 zero-emissions reach code
Rising Gas Costs Lead to Downward Spiral of Gas System
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