Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by creating a new Chapter relating to energy conservation, by providing for certain requirements regarding the efficient operation of air conditioning and cooling systems in certain buildings and structures, and providing for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: October 16, 2008
Signed: April 29, 2010
: Committee on the Environment
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires buildings and structures in Philadelphia to keep their exterior doors closed while using air conditioning and central cooling systems.
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