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Hana Japan Restaurant Project <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />36 <br />May 2025 <br />VI. ENERGY. <br />Would the project: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />a. Result in potentially significant environmental impact due <br />to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of <br />energy resources, during project construction or <br />operation? <br />    <br />b. Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable <br />energy or energy efficiency?     <br /> <br />Discussion <br />a,b. The main forms of available energy supply are electricity, natural gas, and oil. A <br />description of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code and the Building Energy <br />Efficiency Standards, with which the proposed project would be required to comply, as <br />well as discussions regarding the proposed project’s potential effects related to energy <br />demand during construction and operations are provided below. <br /> <br />California Green Building Standards Code <br />The 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, otherwise known as the CALGreen <br />Code (CCR Title 24, Part 11), is a portion of the California Building Standards Code <br />(CBSC), which will become effective with the rest of the CBSC on January 1, 2023.12 The <br />purpose of the CALGreen Code is to improve public health, safety, and general welfare <br />by enhancing the design and construction of buildings through the use of building concepts <br />having a reduced negative impact or positive environmental impact and encouraging <br />sustainable construction practices. The provisions of the code apply to the planning, <br />design, operation, construction, use, and occupancy of every newly constructed building <br />or structure throughout California. Requirements of the CALGreen Code include, but are <br />not limited to, the following measures: <br /> <br />• Compliance with relevant regulations related to future installation of electric vehicle <br />(EV) charging infrastructure in residential and non-residential structures; <br />• Indoor water use consumption is reduced through the establishment of maximum <br />fixture water use rates; <br />• Outdoor landscaping must comply with the California Department of Water <br />Resources’ MWELO, or a local ordinance, whichever is more stringent, to reduce <br />outdoor water use; <br />• Diversion of 65 percent of construction and demolition waste from landfills; <br />• Incentives for installation of electric heat pumps, which use less energy than <br />traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and water <br />heaters; <br />• Required solar photovoltaic (PV) system and battery storage standards for certain <br />buildings; and <br />• Mandatory use of low-pollutant emitting interior finish materials such as paints, <br />carpet, vinyl flooring, and particle board. <br /> <br />Building Energy Efficiency Standards <br />The 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards is a portion of the CBSC, which expands <br />upon energy efficiency measures from the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, <br /> <br />12 California Building Standards Commission. 2022 California Green Building Standards Code. 2023.