{"id":230,"date":"2008-03-26T07:02:54","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/supervisor-introduces-legislationto-encourage-energy-conservation\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T07:09:50","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:09:50","slug":"supervisor-introduces-legislationto-encourage-energy-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/230\/supervisor-introduces-legislationto-encourage-energy-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor introduces legislation<br>to encourage energy conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/bos_ohio_debate_080226\/html\/mw2w5018_std.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBoard of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin introduced legislation Tuesday<br \/>\naimed at conserving energy use, requiring downtown office buildings<br \/>\nto turn off lights outside normal business hours<strong>.<br \/>\nPhoto by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ari Burack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March 26, 2008<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin yesterday announced legislation to conserve energy by requiring downtown office buildings to turn out the lights when workers hit the doors.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed ordinance would amend the city&#8217;s building code to require commercial buildings in the downtown area to turn off lights in unoccupied offices after business hours.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->According to Peskin, the legislation would help conserve electricity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save money by reducing utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>Building owners could be accommodated by available technologies that turn lights off automatically after the last office worker leaves, and by rebates from utility companies for investing in those lighting controls, according to Peskin.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance would be enforced by warnings and possible fines beginning a year after it takes effect, and also calls for an environmental study on its energy impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at conserving energy use, requiring downtown office buildings to turn off lights outside normal business hours. 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