Salt Lake City has put new rules in place requiring owners of large commercial buildings to report their energy use.
Passed with little fanfare in 2017, the new reporting requirements are being phased in as part of a larger city effort to lower emissions from buildings, which officials say account for nearly 40% of the air pollution hanging over the Salt Lake Valley during its winter inversions.
Mayor Jackie Biskupski on Thursday praised building managers with Unico Properties, City Creek Reserve and Intermountain Healthcare for recent steps in improving energy efficiency, saying the companies were furthering the city’s goals for sustainability.