David Ano

New buildings in #AnnArbor will not be allowed to install #naturalgas connections. That’s if a proposal from the city’s planning commission is approved.

By requiring new buildings to only have electric items, like appliances and #heating systems, the planning commission believes it will help the City of Ann Arbor reach its goal of #a2zero #carbonneutrality by 2030.

https://www.wemu.org/wemu-news/2022-11-30/natural-gas-could-be-banned-in-future-buildings-in-ann-arbor

#news #michigan #Environment

Natural gas could be banned in future buildings in Ann Arbor

New buildings in Ann Arbor will not be allowed to install natural gas connections. That’s if a proposal from the city’s planning commission is approved. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

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Dec 1, 2022 at 12:06amWeb
Show threaddanDec 1, 2022
@DavidAno NICE
Show threadFlora FaunaDec 1, 2022
@DavidAno Good, but…I wish there was more effort being put forth to require passive building standards so you would need less energy of any kind…
Show threadErik PrzekopDec 3, 2022

@DavidAno
My initial reaction was, “that will just export the pollution to the generating plant.”. I suspect that a coal burning plant generates less total carbon than thousands of individual gas burning devices, though. A quick Google search didn’t turn up any way to quantify that, though.

Thanks for sharing the article!