Sec. 3. Federal building energy efficiency performance standards; certification system and level for green buildings
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Section 303 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6832 ) is amended— in each of paragraphs
(1)through (16), by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which is comprised of the term defined in that paragraph; by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(16)(as so amended) as paragraphs (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (9), (17), (5), and (2), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order; and by inserting after paragraph
(10)(as so redesignated) the following: The term major renovation means a modification of the energy systems of a building that is sufficiently extensive to ensure that the entire building can achieve compliance with applicable energy standards for new buildings, based on such criteria as the Secretary shall establish, by regulation. . Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3) ) is amended— by striking (3)(A) Not later than and all that follows through subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2018 , the Secretary shall establish, by regulation, revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards that require that— unless demonstrated not to be life-cycle cost-effective for new Federal buildings and Federal buildings with major renovations— the buildings shall be designed to achieve energy consumption levels that are not less than 30 percent below the levels established in the version of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate, in effect on the date of enactment of the All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2018 , unless the Secretary determines, pursuant to subparagraph (B), that a subsequent version of such a standard or code shall apply; 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 shall be met through the installation and use of solar hot water heaters. Not later than 1 year after the date of approval of each subsequent revision of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, 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 by indenting clauses
(i)and
(ii)appropriately; and in subparagraph (D)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking that require that: and inserting that require the following: ; in clause (i), by striking annually for inflation for other buildings: in the matter preceding subclause
(I)and all that follows through
(III)Sustainable design principles and inserting annually for inflation for other buildings, sustainable design principles ; in clause (v), by striking clause (i)(III) each place it appears and inserting clause
(i); and in clause (vi)— by striking subclauses
(I)and
(III)of ; and by striking energy savings, sustainable design, and green building performance and inserting sustainable design and green building performance . Section 306 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6835 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking
(1)The head and inserting the following: The head ; and by striking assure that new Federal buildings and inserting ensure that new Federal buildings and Federal buildings with major renovations ; and in paragraph (2)— by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: The Architect of the Capitol shall adopt procedures necessary to ensure that the buildings referred to in subparagraph
(A)meet or exceed the standards described in that subparagraph. ; and in the first sentence— by inserting and Federal buildings with major renovations after new buildings ; and by striking
(2)The Federal and inserting the following: The Federal ; and in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through new Federal building and inserting the following: The head of a Federal agency may expend Federal funds for the construction of a new Federal building or a Federal building with major renovations .
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