I will be:
-Announcing that I'm quitting my job in #Climate comms due to what seems like retaliation from management for calling them out on hypocrisy a few weeks ago
Publicly challenging #Cornell's attempt to fuck up our city's energy code to preserve #FossilFuel infrastructure
Recommending to the City of #Ithaca that they approve the Justice50 provision that would benefit disadvantaged communities for many years to come.
See page four of this document to find #Cornell's sneaky language that aims to give a longer lifeline to #fossilfuels
This is a recommendation from the increasingly reactionary institution to change the city building code-- it will help us fail at our #Climate commitments
> New fossil fuels burning equipment shall not be used installed for space heating, water heating or
clothes drying within the FLOOR AREA. Fossil fuels may be used for PROCESS ENERGY
and am not sure of exactly what that means. I see that "floor area" is essentially defined as "in the building" but I don't see a definition of "process energy". Based on general definitions of "process energy" that I can find, is it fair to interpret the document as saying:
None of this applies to existing buildings
New buildings will not be permitted to install fossil fuel based equipment inside the building (floor area) but would be permitted to install fossil fuel based equipment outside of the building
Fossil fuel use required for the manufacturing of equipment will not be considered relevant when evaluating whether or not a particular piece of equipment is fossil fuel based
Now I'm no project manager, but if the first and second points are interpreted correctly, isn't that a pretty big hole in which to install some fossil fuel based equipment?
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