Lawmakers take bold action to make new buildings safer: 'It is an absolute need'

Lawmakers take bold action to make new buildings safer: 'It is an absolute need'

The Sierra Club has been tracking the progress of new heat pump legislation in California.  Building codes require or encourage replacements for central air conditioners to be heat pumps. Laws have been put in place in Moreno Valley, Menlo Park, Sunnyvale, Ojai, and Oakland in the last few weeks. First readings have been passed in Santa Cruz, Mountain View, and Glendale. Early steps toward similar laws have been taken in Encinitas, Palo Alto, an…