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SB 1345 Energy efficiency in state government; goal of reducing annual cost nonrenewable energy purchases.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Energy efficiency in state government. Establishes a goal of reducing the annual cost of nonrenewable energy purchases by each executive branch agency and institution by at least 20 percent of fiscal year 2008 expenditures by fiscal year 2012. Such agencies and institutions are required to implement energy efficiency measures that have a payback period of five years or less, as general fund appropriations become available to the state agency. The bill requires state public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to build to either the Green Globes Green Building Initiative green building rating standard or the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environment Design green building rating standard (LEED). The bill also provides that such buildings shall be designed, constructed, verified, and operated to achieve energy savings that exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASH RAE) Standard 90.1-2004 by at least 15 percent for new construction and 10 percent for major renovation and that the water systems designed for such buildings be required to provide water use savings of at least 25 percent over the baseline standard established in the federal Energy Policy Act of 1992.


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