18-131 Work related to meeting minimum energy efficiency standards.(a)
Professional building weatherization contractor required. Work required to comply with this division shall be conducted by a professional building weatherization contractor—that is, a contractor that normally provides air sealing and insulation services.(b)
Cost cap. The total costs for initial work related to meeting minimum energy efficiency standards described in Section 18-132 are not required to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per rental unit (a "cost cap"). The total costs shall exclude amounts of any weatherization program incentives provided by local utility, state, or federal entities and approved by the program administrator and must be incurred by the rental property owner.(c) This two thousand five hundred dollar ($2,500.00) cost cap shall be annually adjusted by the program administrator equivalent to one hundred (100) percent of the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast Region, to go into effect January 1 of every ensuing year. In no event shall the cost cap be less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). The program administrator shall maintain a record of the Consumer Price Indices used and shall provide public notice of this adjustment prior to the first day of December previous to the applicable January 1 and by posting a written notice of the adjusted cap in a prominent place in the office of the Burlington electric department, a prominent place in City Hall, and a prominent place in the office of the department of permitting and inspections.
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