The Energy Department finalized rules that will ban fossil fuels in new and remodeled federal buildings by 2030.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 2021. The National Park Service plans to install gas-fired boilers at Independence National Historical Park, despite a 2007 law mandating new and remodeled federal buildings be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030.Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 2021. The National Park Service plans to install gas-fired boilers at Independence National Historical Park, despite a 2007 law mandating new and remodeled federal buildings be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030.
Without rules to implement the law that would get rid of gas-fired appliances, there are federal buildings still installing them. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed, the National Park Service plans to disconnect from aThe new rule doesn't apply to projects already underway like the one at Independence Hall, and the Park Service says its project"passed all legal and contracting requirements.
"I think it's really important to lead by example. And the General Services Administration, the GSA, is the largest property owner and manager ," Julie Hiromoto, principal at Dallas-based HKS and a member of AIA,The Energy Department was supposed to implement this rule within a year of the 2007 law being enacted. A combination of factors delayed the rule for years, most notably opposition from natural gas utilities that faced the likelihood of losing business.
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