To meet the state’s climate goals, the university researchers determined that Maryland would need to adopt policies to encourage electric buildings and appliances, and ensure that 60% of the energy consumption in residential buildings, and 70% in commercial buildings, is electricity by 2031. Instead, the law states that most buildings of at least 35,000 square feet must reduce their carbon footprints by 20% by 2030. Last year’s climate legislation initially included a provision that eventually would have required newly constructed buildings to rely solely on electricity to meet space and water heating demands. The building sector has proved difficult for Maryland legislators to address. “They’ll see that these goals are not just ideas, that they’re not just numbers that were pulled out of the sky, but there’s data,” said Moore, who announced Thursday, alongside White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi, that Maryland will be joining the National Building Performance Standards Coalition. Wes Moore said he feels the report will show Marylanders what is possible in terms of addressing climate change, all the while creating economic growth. The report estimates 16,000 new jobs and $1.5 billion worth of personal income increases will come from the decarbonization effort by 2031, as well as $1.09 to $2.44 billion worth of health benefits, including health care costs avoided. The report also dives into the health benefits that are expected to accompany emissions reductions, and the economic ones, the latter of which were tabulated by researchers at Towson University’s Regional Economic Studies Institute.
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“We want to know what you think about how to turn the analysis that you’ll see here in the report into an action plan,” she said during a Friday news conference. Maryland Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain said her department plans to hold listening sessions online and around the state in the coming months. Next, it will be open for public comment, before a final version is released in December. The General Assembly required the draft report be completed by Friday. “So, it’s a great privilege for us to be able to work using the tools we have developed to help our state.” “This is the first time we’ve done such a kind of intense evaluation with an individual state, and working with all the state agencies,” Hultman said.
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