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— by striking subsections
(a)and
(b)and inserting the following: Subject to paragraph (2), to the maximum extent life cycle cost-effective, each agency shall apply energy conservation measures to, and shall improve the design for the construction of, the Federal buildings of the agency (including each industrial or laboratory facility) so that the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal years 2020 through 2027 is reduced, as compared with the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 2018, by the percentage specified in the following table: Fiscal Year Percentage Reduction 2020 2.5 2021 5 2022 7.5 2023 10 2024 12.5 2025 15 2026 17.5 2027 20. 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. Not later than December 31, 2026, the Secretary shall— review the results of the implementation of the energy performance requirement established under paragraph (1); and submit to Congress recommendations concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal years 2028 through 2037. Each agency shall— not later than October 1, 2019, begin installing in Federal buildings owned by the United States all energy and water conservation measures determined by the Secretary to be life-cycle cost-effective; and complete the installation described in subparagraph
(A)as soon as practicable after the date referred to in that subparagraph. If an agency fails to comply with paragraph (1), the agency shall submit to the Secretary, using guidelines developed by the Secretary, an explanation of the reasons for the failure. Not later than October 1, 2021, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing any noncompliance with the requirements of paragraph (1). ; 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 the 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 2019 , 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 or retrocommissioning 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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