Bill > AB2200

This bill proposes to add Section 18944.22 to the Health and Safety Code, concerning building standards for controlled environment horticulture spaces, which are defined as buildings used for plant production by manipulating indoor conditions like lighting and heating. It aims to make it easier for these facilities, such as commercial greenhouses, to comply with energy efficiency regulations by allowing them to use single-paned windows in conjunction with thermal curtains, thermal screens (which are retractable or fixed insulating barriers to reduce heat loss), shade cloths, or similar technologies, instead of being required to have double-paned windows or multiple layers of glass separated by air or gas. This provision is intended to remain in effect until the next scheduled update of the California Building Standards Code, and the bill also directs the California Building Standards Commission to develop and adopt permanent building standards for these alternative technologies in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Department of Food and Agriculture. The bill emphasizes that these changes are a matter of statewide concern to support California's agricultural economy and food security, and it clarifies that no state reimbursement is required for local agencies due to this legislation.

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