Bill Text: IL HR0218 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the City of Countryside for its Municipal Complex being named a certified net zero energy building, the first municipal building in Illinois to achieve this designation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0218 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0218-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the City of Countryside | ||||||
| 4 | for its Municipal Complex being officially certified as a net | ||||||
| 5 | zero energy building, the first municipal building in Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | to achieve this designation; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, A zero energy building generates 100% of the | ||||||
| 8 | energy it consumes on an annual basis through on-site | ||||||
| 9 | renewable energy; through a combination of creating renewable | ||||||
| 10 | energy while reducing energy demand, buildings can operate | ||||||
| 11 | efficiently enough to meet this goal; buildings are certified | ||||||
| 12 | by the International Living Future Institute and require | ||||||
| 13 | strict documentation review by a third-party auditor; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Municipal Complex was certified a net zero | ||||||
| 15 | energy building by the International Living Future Institute | ||||||
| 16 | in 2022; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The building is 35,020 square feet and has design | ||||||
| 18 | elements that include air barriers, green roofing, LED | ||||||
| 19 | lighting with motion sensors, and solar and geothermal energy; | ||||||
| 20 | there are 636 solar panels on the roof and car ports, | ||||||
| 21 | geothermal wells are drilled 450 feet down where temperatures | ||||||
| 22 | remain constant, and the landscaping includes drought tolerant | ||||||
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| 1 | plantings native to Illinois; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Zero energy buildings contribute much less | ||||||
| 3 | greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, helping to preserve the | ||||||
| 4 | ozone layer and to prevent increased global warming; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we congratulate the City of Countryside for its Municipal | ||||||
| 9 | Complex being certified as a net zero energy building; and be | ||||||
| 10 | it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the Mayor of Countryside as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 13 | respect and esteem.
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