Anne Torney ofMithun says the fossil fuel-free future is arriving, startingnow.
BERKELEY, CA—This week, the Berkeley City Council banned naturalgas in new low-rise residential buildings, the first in the nationto do so. The law goes into effect January 1, 2020 and phases outnatural gas by requiring all new single-family homes, townhomes andsmall multifamily buildings to have electric infrastructure.
“I'm proud to vote on groundbreaking legislation to prohibitnatural gas in new buildings,” said Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguinin a tweet. “We are committed to the Paris Agreement and must takeimmediate action in order to reach our climate action goals. It'snot radical, it's necessary.”
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
