Healthy Buildings Accountability Board 

PURPOSE:

 The City Council established the Healthy Buildings Accountability Board (HBAB) as an oversight body that is authorized to make recommendations and decisions related to decarbonization policies and programs, including but not limited to the Healthy Buildings Ordinance, for the following purposes:

1. To provide a community-led equity lens for climate action;
2. To provide a systematic means of considerations for equity based adjustments to climate action taken by the City;
3. To provide a timely, fair, and objective review of the implementation of climate action taken by the City.

MEMBERS: 

The Healthy Buildings Accountability Board shall consist of nine (9) members. Three (3) of these members shall be those appointed to the Healthy Buildings Technical Committee (HBTC), that were nominated by building owners, as set forth in Section 2-21-2(C), and the remaining six (6) members shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, selected for their expertise in racial and social equity, housing, affordability, environmental justice, and climate action. If the three (3) HBTC members nominated by building owners do not wish to serve on the HBAB, then the remaining members shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. At least [5] members of the Board shall be residents of Evanston.

The Board’s members shall possess expertise in racial and social equity, housing, climate action, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, district energy systems, affordability, preservation, and/or environmental justice. They shall represent stakeholders including but not limited to large covered properties and the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. 

TERM:

Board members shall be appointed to three (3) year terms, provided that the initial appointments will include 3 terms of 3 years, 2 terms of 2 years, and 2 terms of 1 year. Members whose appointed terms have expired shall be permitted to continue to serve until reappointed or replaced by a new appointee. 

MEETING DATE: First Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: City Council Chambers

REPORTS TO: City Council

Healthy Buildings Technical Committee

PURPOSE: 

The City Council establishes the Healthy Buildings Technical Committee for the following purposes:

1. To develop rules and procedures implementing the Healthy Buildings Ordinance
2. To provide community leadership in achieving necessary emissions reductions
3. To provide technical expertise on reaching the Healthy Buildings Ordinance’s performance standards.

MEMBERS: 

The Committee shall consist of six (6) members , subject to confirmation by the City Council.

Two (2) members shall be nominated by the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance and the Chicagoland Apartment Association. If after each group goes through the nomination process twice, but the nominees fail to be confirmed by the City Council, the Mayor shall nominate a replacement for any unfilled position, subject to City Council approval.

One (1) member shall be nominated by the Building Owners and Managers Association. If, after two (2) nomination attempts, a nominee fails to be confirmed by the City Council, the Mayor shall nominate a replacement, subject to City Council approval. 

Three (3) at-large members shall be nominated by the Mayor. At least 3 members of the Committee shall be residents of Evanston. Members of the Committee may also serve as members of the Healthy Buildings Accountability Board.

Members shall possess applicable technical building expertise in areas related to energy utilities, district thermal energy systems, buildings, energy systems, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical engineering, electrification, mechanical engineering, building science and automation, machine learning, retro commissioning or energy management. 

TERM:

The Committee shall be dissolved after City Council has approved rules and procedures implementing this Ordinance in response to the Committee’s recommendations, unless City Council votes to reauthorize the Committee.  

MEETING DATE: Second Wednesday of each month at 8:30 a.m.

PLACE: City Council Chambers

REPORTS TO: City Council