Sec. 2. Energy performance requirement for Federal buildings
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Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8253 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting to the maximum extent life cycle cost-effective, after paragraph (2), ; by striking 2015 and inserting 2017 ; and in the table at the end— by striking the period at the end; and by adding at the end the following: 2016 32.5 2017 35.0. ; and by striking paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting the following: An agency may exclude from the requirements of paragraph
(1)any building (including the associated energy consumption and gross square footage of the building) in which energy intensive activities are carried out. Each agency shall identify and include in each report under section 548(a) each building designated by the agency for exclusion under subparagraph
(A)during the period covered by the report. ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1)— by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and
(G)as subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph
(D)the following: The term ongoing commissioning means an ongoing process of commissioning using monitored data, the primary goal of which is to ensure continuous optimum performance of a facility, in accordance with design or operating needs, over the useful life of the facility, while meeting facility occupancy requirements. ; in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: An energy manager designated for a facility under subparagraph
(A)shall take into consideration— the use of a system to manage energy use at the facility; and applicability of certification of the facility in accordance with the International Organization for Standardization standard numbered 50001 and entitled Energy Management Systems . ; and by striking paragraphs
(3)and
(4)and inserting the following: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2018 , and annually thereafter, each energy manager shall complete, for the preceding calendar year, a comprehensive energy and water evaluation and recommissioning or retrocommissioning for approximately 25 percent of the facilities of the applicable agency that meet the criteria under paragraph (2)(B) in a manner that ensures that an evaluation of each such facility is completed not less frequently than once every 4 years. An evaluation and recommissioning shall not be required under subparagraph
(A)with respect to a facility that, as of the date on which the evaluation and recommissioning or retrocommissioning would otherwise occur— has had a comprehensive energy and water evaluation during the preceding 8-year period; has been commissioned, recommissioned, or retrocommissioned during the preceding 10-year period; or is under ongoing commissioning; has not had a major change in function or use since the previous evaluation and recommissioning; has been benchmarked with public disclosure under paragraph
(8)during the preceding calendar year; and based on the benchmarking described in clause (iv), has achieved at a facility level the most-recent cumulative energy savings target under subsection (a), as compared to the earlier of— the date of the most recent evaluation; and the date— of the most recent commissioning, recommissioning, or retrocommissioning; or on which ongoing commissioning began; or has a long-term contract in place guaranteeing energy savings at least as great as the energy savings target under subclause (I). Not later than 2 years after the completion of each evaluation under paragraph (3), each energy manager shall— implement any energy- or water-saving measure that the Federal agency identified in the evaluation conducted that is life cycle cost-effective; and bundle individual measures of varying paybacks together into combined projects. .
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Energy performance requirement for Federal buildings
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