Sec. 3. Tenant star program
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Subtitle B of title IV of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17081 et seq. ) (as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term high-performance energy efficiency measure has the meaning given the term in section 424. The term separate spaces has the meaning given the term in section 424. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary shall develop a voluntary program within the Energy Star program established by section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a), which may be known as Tenant Star, to promote energy efficiency in separate spaces leased by tenants or otherwise occupied within commercial buildings.
Responsibilities under the program developed under subsection
(b)shall be divided between the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the terms of applicable agreements between the Secretary and the Administrator. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, shall— collect, through each Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey of the Energy Information Administration that is conducted after the date of enactment of this section, data on— categories of building occupancy that are known to consume significant quantities of energy, such as occupancy by law firms, data centers, trading floors, restaurants, retail outlets, and financial services firms; and other aspects of the property, building operation, or building occupancy determined by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be relevant in lowering energy consumption; and make data collected under paragraph
(1)available to the public in aggregated form and provide the data, and any associated results, to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for use in accordance with subsection (e). Not later than 1 year after the date on which the data described in subsection
(d)is received, the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, following an opportunity for public notice and comment— in a manner similar to the Energy Star rating system for commercial buildings, develop voluntary policies and procedures to recognize tenants that voluntarily achieve high levels of energy efficiency in separate spaces; establish building occupancy categories eligible for Tenant Star recognition based on the data collected under subsection (d)(1) and any associated results; and consider other forms of recognition for commercial building tenants or other occupants that lower energy consumption in separate spaces. After the study required under section 424(b) is completed and following an opportunity for public notice and comment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection and the Secretary may develop a voluntary program to recognize commercial building owners and tenants that use high-performance energy efficiency measures in the design and construction of separate spaces. For purposes of this section, the impact on climate change shall not be a factor in determining the energy efficiency of commercial building tenants. .
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