Project Team

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Minnesota Sustainable Building 2030 Consultant Team

Center for Sustainable Building Research

Richard Graves, Director

Richard Strong, Senior Research Fellow

Patrick Smith, Research Fellow

Center for Energy and the Environment

Russ Laundry, Mechanical Engineer

Willdan

Chris Baker

LHB Architects

Rick Carter, Marketing

David Williams, High Performance Projects Principal

Herzog/Wheeler

Peter Herzog, Owner

As soon as you have identified that you have a project required to use the SB 2030 Energy Standard, your project must be set up in the B3 Guidelines Tracking Tool. Contact Patrick Smith 612-626-9709 or sb2030@b3mn.org.

To Begin the Process

A fee for non-State funded projects using SB 2030 and/or the B3 Guidelines began to be required in late 2022 in order to cover the cost of project support and review. SB 2030 and B3 Guidelines Fee Table and Memo

Note that several documents below have different versions depending on which Standard is being used.

Projects meeting the B3 and SB 2030 programs are evaluated for compliance during design and construction and for a period of 10 years of occupancy.

SB 2030 Program Updates: 90% Reduction Standard

Starting January 1, 2025, buildings participating in the SB 2030 program will need to meet more stringent, 90% better-than-baseline requirements. This change is paired with several other significant program updates, driven by changes to Minnesota’s utility conservation program requirements, the carbon free electricity standard, and advancements in the treatment of off-site renewable energy resources.

The program updates – which are applicable to projects starting schematic design on January 1, 2025 or later – are described in more detail here: SB 2030 in 2025: Program Update

Documents

Tools

You can use a Demonstration Version of the SB 2030 Energy Standard Tool, note that inputs to this demonstration version are not saved or transferable to a project file.