Sec. 3117. Federal building energy efficiency performance standards; certification system and level for Federal buildings
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Section 303 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6832 ) is amended— in paragraph (6), by striking to be constructed and inserting constructed or altered ; and by adding at the end the following: The term major renovation means a modification of building energy systems sufficiently extensive that the whole building can meet energy standards for new buildings, based on criteria to be established by the Secretary through notice and comment rulemaking. . Section 305 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6834 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(3)— by striking (3)(A) Not later than and all that follows through the end of subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 , the Secretary shall establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards that require that— new Federal buildings and alterations and additions to existing Federal buildings— meet or exceed the most recent revision of the IECC (in the case of residential buildings) or ASHRAE Standard 90.1 (in the case of commercial buildings) as of the date of enactment of the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 ; and meet or exceed the energy provisions of State and local building codes applicable to the building, if the codes are more stringent than the IECC or ASHRAE Standard 90.1, as applicable; unless demonstrated not to be life-cycle cost effective for new Federal buildings and Federal buildings with major renovations— the buildings be designed to achieve energy consumption levels that are at least 30 percent below the levels established in the version of the ASHRAE Standard or the IECC, as appropriate, that is applied under subclause (I)(aa), including updates under subparagraph (B); and sustainable design principles are applied to the location, siting, design, and construction of all new Federal buildings and replacement Federal buildings; if water is used to achieve energy efficiency, water conservation technologies shall be applied to the extent that the technologies are life-cycle cost effective; and if life-cycle cost effective, as compared to other reasonably available technologies, not less than 30 percent of the hot water demand for each new Federal building or Federal building undergoing a major renovation be met through the installation and use of solar hot water heaters. Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to unaltered portions of existing Federal buildings and systems that have been added to or altered. Not later than 1 year after the date of approval of each subsequent revision of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 or the IECC, as appropriate, the Secretary shall determine whether the revised standards established under subparagraph
(A)should be updated to reflect the revisions, based on the energy savings and life-cycle cost effectiveness of the revisions. ; in subparagraph (C), by striking
(C)In the budget request and inserting the following: In the budget request ; and in subparagraph (D)— by striking
(D)Not later than and all that follows through the end of the first sentence of clause (i)(III) and inserting the following: ; by striking clause (ii); in clause (iii), by striking
(iii)In identifying and inserting the following: In identifying ; in clause (iv)— by striking
(iv)At least once and inserting the following: At least once ; and by striking clause
(iii)and inserting clause
(ii); in clause (v)— by striking
(v)The Secretary may and inserting the following: The Secretary may ; and by striking clause (i)(III) each place it appears and inserting clause
(i); in clause (vi)— by striking
(vi)With respect and inserting the following: With respect ; and by striking develop alternative criteria to those established by subclauses
(I)and
(III)of clause
(i)that achieve an equivalent result in terms of energy savings, sustainable design, and and inserting develop alternative certification systems and levels than the systems and levels identified under clause
(i)that achieve an equivalent result in terms of ; and in clause (vii), by striking
(vii)In addition to and inserting the following: In addition to ; and by striking subsections
(c)and
(d)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall— every 5 years, review the Federal building energy standards established under this section; and on completion of a review under paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines that significant energy savings would result, upgrade the standards to include all new energy efficiency and renewable energy measures that are technologically feasible and economically justified. .
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Sec. 3117
Federal building energy efficiency performance standards; certification system and level for Federal buildings
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