Your local Kansas City movers are excited that the Kansas City Council is set to finally vote on a mandate designated to track energy consumption throughout the next few years.

The plan, if approved, will need large buildings in order to assess and report how much energy and water is used. Cities that have already approved this mandate are: Austin, Boston, Cambridge, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Portland, Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Berkeley and Seattle. It is because of the success of the mandate in other cities, that Kansas City is now interested in following suit regarding making their city more energy efficient.

According to Scott Taylor, Councilman, the main goal regarding implementing the way of tracking energy is “to make this a top-notch city as far as energy efficiency and being progressive.”

Starting in May 2017, buildings that are privately owned and have more than 100,000 square feet, are going to need to start collecting data, which has a public release date of September 1, 2018. Many owners of the affected properties are in favor of the new mandate, because they say that it is environmentally beneficial and that the energy updates will eventually pay for themselves in time.

However, not everyone shares the same sentiments, stating that this will just end up driving out businesses that do not want to comply with the mandate, moving them to neighboring towns that do not have to abide by the same rules. Needless to say, the only way to find out how the mandate will pan out is to see whether or not it ends up getting passed.